This edition takes the first British edition of The Years as its copy-text, and includes a comprehensive introduction, extensive explanatory notes, and a full list of textual variants and editorial emendations.
Features a comprehensive introduction, detailing the lengthy process of the composition and revision of the novel, and its subsequent publication history
Includes extensive explanatory notes, highlighting the political, historical, social and literary contexts of the novel
Provides a full account of the variants between the first British and American editions, supplemented by a list of editorial emendations made in this present edition
