Henry David Thoreau ; with an introduction by W.S. Merwin and a new afterword by William Howarth. Brian Aldiss ; with an introduction by Neil Gaiman and a new afterword by Brian Aldiss. Emily Bronte ; with an introduction by Alice Hoffman and a new afterword by Juliet Barker. Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Justin Kaplan and a new afterword by John Seelye. Willa Cather ; with an introduction by Marilyn Sides and a new afterword by Terese Svoboda. translated and with an introduction by Robert Harrison and a new afterword by Guy Gavriel Kay. with an introduction by Jay Parini and a new afterword by April Bernard Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; and a new afterword by Wes Davis. Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Margaret Drabble and a new afterword by Mary Balogh. Marilyn French ; with an introduction by the author and an afterword by Susan Faludi.