Victor Hugo ; with an introduction by Jean-Marc Hovasse. Alice Munro; with an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad. George Eliot ; with an introduction by Rosemary Ashton. Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Claudia L. Johnson. Thomas Hardy ; with an introduction by Margaret Drabble. Willa Cather ; with an introduction by Elaine Showalter. Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Peter Conrad. Bram Stoker ; with an introduction by Joan Acocella. Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Hermione Lee.