Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by Stanley Weintraub and a new afterword by Annabel Davis-Gof Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by Stanley Weintraub and a new afterword by Annabel Davis-Goff. Brian Aldiss ; with an introduction by Neil Gaiman and a new afterword by Brian Aldiss. Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Margaret Drabble and a new afterword by Mary Balogh. Willa Cather ; with an introduction by Marilyn Sides and a new afterword by Terese Svoboda. Emily Bronte ; with an introduction by Alice Hoffman and a new afterword by Juliet Barker. Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; and a new afterword by Wes Davis. with an introduction by Alex Kershaw and a new afterword by Tobey Hiller. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Justin Kaplan and a new afterword by John Seelye. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Robert S. Tilton and a new afterword by Geoffrey Sanborn.