A Note to Our Readers Like the fine wine in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned (Introduction by Jay Parini, Afterword by Ruth Prigozy), classic literature gets better with age. A classic is timeless. It endures despite changing trends and dares to reach beyond the scope of its cultural moment. Each of our beloved Signet Classics, from Edwin Abbott to Virginia Woolf, embodies that elusive and compelling staying power. Reacquaint yourself with the classic stories you’ve grown up with, like L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (Afterword by Jennifer Lee Carroll) and Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (Introduction by Poul Houe, Afterword by Joanne Greenberg), where each reading brings new discoveries. For characters who are timeless in a more literal sense, pick up J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (Afterword by Alison Lurie) for adventures with the boy who won’t grow up. Or test your courage with Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Signet Classic’s horror collection (which also includes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as an Introduction by Stephen King) and stare down the Immortal Count—an old evil forever new. Or explore the dangers of cheating time in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories (Introduction by Gary Schmidgall, Afterword by Peter Raby). Some classics are windows into the past, such as The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass (Introduction by Peter J. Gomes, Afterword by Gregory Stephens) or Great Dialogues of Plato (Introduction by Matthew S. Santirocco, Translated by W.H.D. Rouse). But others can also provide warnings for the future, like George Orwell’s 1984 (Afterword by Erich Fromm), or celebrate the present, as in Passages: 24 Modern Indian Stories, Edited by Barbara H. Solomon and Eileen Panetta. But one thing never gets old—carving out time to relax and enjoy a Signet Classic! Sarah Blumenstock Editorial Department Berkley TABLE OF CONTENTS Signet Classics Alphabetical Listing by Author ................2 Anthologies ......................................21 The 50 Most Popular Signet Classics Titles ..........................24 Signet Classics Shakespeare ...............25 Index ..............................................29 Signet Classics Exclusives ...................34 Signet Classics Essay Contest ..............36 Edwin A. Abbott THE PARADISO FLATLAND Introduction by John Freccero A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS Afterword by Edward M. Cifelli, Ph.D. Introduction by Valerie Smith 400 pp. 978-0-451-53141-4 $7.95 Afterword by John Allen Paulos With the original illustrations. Hans Christian Andersen 176 pp. 978-0-451-41785-5 $6.95 ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES Introduction by Poul Houe Jane Addams Afterword by Joanne Greenberg TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE 384 pp. 978-0-451-53207-7 $6.95 Foreword by Henry Steele Commager 336 pp. 978-0-451-52739-4 $7.95 Sherwood Anderson WINESBURG, OHIO Aesop Introduction by Irving Howe AESOP’S FABLES Afterword by Dean Koontz Edited and with an Afterword by Jack Zipes 272 pp. 978-0-451-52995-4 $5.95 Introduction by Sam Pickering 304 pp. 978-0-451-52953-4 $5.95 Anonymous THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: VOLUME I: Louisa May Alcott THE MarvELS AND WONDERS OF THE LITTLE MEN THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS Introduction by John Matteson Adapted by Jack Zipes Afterword by J.T. Barbarese Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton Introduction by Daniel Beaumont 368 pp. 978-0-451-53223-7 $5.95 This collection of over 40 tales is adapted from the unexpurgated 1886 10-volume translation LITTLE WOMEN by Sir Richard F. Burton. Introduction by Regina Barreca Includes line drawings. Afterword by Susan Straight 528 pp. 978-0-451-53208-4 $3.95 592 pp. 978-0-451-53059-2 $8.95 THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: VOLUME II Horatio Alger, Jr. Selected and Introduced by Jack Zipes RAGGED DICK, OR STREET LIFE Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton IN NEW YORK WITH THE BOOT BLACKS Introduction by John Barth Introduction by Michael Meyer, Ph.D. Afterword by Bryan Waterman 448 pp. 978-0-451-53148-3 $8.95 208 pp. 978-0-451-46959-5 $5.95 BEOWULF Translated and with an Introduction by ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. Burton Raffel Afterword by Roberta Frank Dante Alighieri Includes Glossary. THE DIVINE COMEDY Translated by John Ciardi 176 pp. 978-0-451-53096-7 $4.95 Dante’s epic narrative poem of a man’s ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. journey. BHAGAVAD-GITA: THE SONG OF GOD THE INFERNO Translated by Swami Prabhavananda Introduction by Archibald T. MacAllister and Christopher Isherwood Afterword by Edward M. Cifelli, Ph.D. Introduction by Aldous Huxley 320 pp. 978-0-451-53139-1 $5.95 176 pp. 978-0-451-52844-5 $6.95 THE PURGATORIO THE BIBLE’S GREATEST STORIES Introduction by Archibald T. MacAllister Translated and with an Introduction Afterword by Edward M. Cifelli, Ph.D. by Paul Roche 400 pp. 978-0-451-53142-1 $7.95 Afterwood by Bruce Chilton 560 pp. 978-0-451-53192-6 $8.95 2 MY SECRET LIFE Augustine of Hippo Edited and with an Introduction by James THE CONFESSIONS OF Kincaid and an Afterword by Paul Sawyer SAINT AUGUSTINE Originally published in 11 volumes starting in Translated by Rex Warner 1887, this erotic diary represents a key text in Foreword by Elizabeth Block the study of Victorian society. Introduction by Martin E. Marty 624 pp. 978-0-451-53072-1 $8.95 384 pp. 978-0-451-53121-6 $6.95 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN Jane Austen KNIGHT Translated and with a Preface by Burton EMMA Raffel Introduction by Margaret Drabble Introduction by Brenda Webster Afterword by Sabrina Jeffries Afterword by Neil D. Isaacs 448 pp. 978-0-451-53082-0 $5.95 160 pp. 978-0-451-53119-3 $6.95 MANSFIELD PARK THE SONG OF ROLAND Introduction by Margaret Drabble Verse Translation and Introduction Afterword by Julia Quinn by Robert Harrison 416 pp. 978-0-451-53111-7 $5.95 Afterword by Guy Gavriel Kay Suggestions for Further Reading, Notes. NORTHANGER ABBEY Introduction by Margaret Drabble 208 pp. 978-0-451-53193-3 $7.95 Afterword by Stephanie Laurens THE UPANISHADS 256 pp. 978-0-451-53084-4 $4.95 BREath OF THE ETERNAL Translated by Swami Prabhavananda PERSUASION and Frederick Manchester Introduction by Margaret Drabble The principal texts selected and translated Afterword by Diane Johnson from the original Sanskrit. 304 pp. 978-0-451-53083-7 $4.95 160 pp. 978-0-451-52848-3 $6.95 ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. Aristophanes PRIDE AND PREJUDICE FOUR PLAYS Introduction by Margaret Drabble Translated by Paul Roche Afterword by Eloisa James Includes Lysistrata, The Frogs, A Parliament of 400 pp. 978-0-451-53078-3 $5.95 Women and Plutus (Wealth) ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. 320 pp. 978-0-451-52931-2 $6.95 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY LYSISTRATA Introduction by Margaret Drabble Translated by Douglass Parker Afterword by Mary Balogh Afterword by Judith Fletcher 336 pp. 978-0-451-53101-8 $4.95 144 pp. 978-0-451-53124-7 $5.95 Mariano Azuela ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. THE UNDERDOGS Aristotle Translated by E. Munguia, Jr. Introduction by Ana Castillo THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE Afterword by Max Parra Selection, Introduction, and Commentary by Renford Bambrough 208 pp. 978-0-451-53108-7 $6.95 Translated by A.E. Wardman and J.L. Creed Afterword by Susanne Bobzien Honoré de Balzac PERE GORIOT 544 pp. 978-0-451-53175-9 $7.95 Introduction by Peter Brooks Translated and with an Afterword by Henry Reed 320 pp. 978-0-451-52959-6 $6.95 3 J.M. Barrie John Bunyan PETER PAN THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS Afterword by Alison Lurie Introduction by Roger Lundin 208 pp. 978-0-451-52088-3 $5.95 Afterword by Fay Weldon 336 pp. 978-0-451-53129-2 $7.95 L. Frank Baum THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Frances Hodgson Burnett Introduction by Regina Barreca A LITTLE PRINCESS Illustrated with the original drawings Introduction by Meg Cabot by W. W. Denslow Afterword by Lynne Sharon Schwartz 240 pp. 978-0-451-53029-5 $4.95 250 pp. 978-0-451-46989-2 $6.95 THE SECRET GARDEN THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF Introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert SANTA CLAUS Introduction by Michael O. Riley 288 pp. 978-0-451-52883-4 $5.95 Afterword by Max Apple Edgar Rice Burroughs 192 pp. 978-0-451-53201-5 $5.95 TARZAN OF THE APES Introduction by Gore Vidal Edward Bellamy Afterword by Michael Meyer LOOKING BACKWARD 2000-1887 Introduction by Walter James Miller 320 pp. 978-0-451-53102-5 $4.95 Afterword by Eliot Fintushel Edgar Rice Burroughs, Anthony Hope 256 pp. 978-0-451-53116-2 $5.95 TARZAN OF THE APES AND ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Introduction by Gore Vidal in Giovanni Boccaccio Tarzan of the Apes THE DECAMERON Introduction by Justin Kaplan in The Translated by Mark Musa and Peter Prisoner of Zenda Bondanella 496 pp. 978-0-451-53018-9 $7.95 Introduction by Thomas G. Bergin Afterword by Teodolinda Barolini Andrew Carnegie 864 pp. 978-0-451-53173-5 $8.95 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE AND Charlotte Brontë THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH JANE EYRE Introduction by Gordon Hutner Introduction by Erica Jong 352 pp. 978-0-451-53038-7 $7.95 Afterword by Marcelle Clements 480 pp. 978-0-451-53091-2 $5.95 Lewis Carroll ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN ◆ Free Teacher’s Guide. WONDERLAND AND THROUGH VILLETTE THE LOOKING-GLASS Introduction by Sara Gruen Afterword by Jeffrey Meyers Afterword by Helen Benedict Introduction by Martin Gardner Especially edited for the modern adult reader 608 pp.