Introduction, by B. Hardy.
The structure of the novel: method, metaphor, and mind, by M. Schorer.
The intellectual background of the novel: Casaubon and Lydgate, by W.J. Harvey.
The text of the novel; a study of the proof, by J. Beaty.
The language of the novel; the character of Dorothea, by D. Oldfield.
The language of the novel; imagery, by H.M. Hulme.
Criticism of the novel; contemporary reception, by W.J. Harvey.
The surface of the novel: chapter 30, by B. Hardy.
A plea for ancient lights, by J.M.S. Tompkins.