This new translation is the first to be based on the original text, unmodified by Freud`s later additions. Joyce Crick`s translation captures with great immediacy the lightness and pace of Freud`s style, freed from the jargon and Victorian elaborations of James Strachey`s famous version. In his introduction and notes Ritchie Robertson examines The Interpretation of Dreams not only as a scientific essay but also as an autobiographical and cultural document, which still has the power to arouse passionate responses for and against its claims.