Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; and a new afterword by Wes Davis. with an introduction by John L. Flynn and a new afterword by J.R. Ward. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Justin Kaplan and a new afterword by John Seelye. Henry David Thoreau ; with an introduction by W.S. Merwin and a new afterword by William Howarth. 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. Marilyn French ; with an introduction by the author and an afterword by Susan Faludi. 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.