Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Margaret Drabble and a new afterword by Mary Balogh. with an introduction by Margaret Drabble and a new afterword by Julia Quinn. with an introduction by Margaret Drabble and a new afterword by Stephanie Laurens. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Robert S. Tilton and a new afterword by Geoffrey Sanborn. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Justin Kaplan and a new afterword by John Seelye. with an introduction by Roger Lundin and a new afterword by Fay Weldon. Willa Cather ; with an introduction by Marilyn Sides and a new afterword by Terese Svoboda. with an introduction by Sylvan Barnet and a new afterward by Marylu Hill. with an introduction by Benjamin DeMott and a new afterword by Maeve Binchy. Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by Stanley Weintraub and a new afterword by Annabel Davis-Goff.