"Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered by many readers to be the Great American Novel. But most don't know that since its appearance in 1851, it has been revised in substantial ways that alter its original meaning. Melville's masterpiece is described as a "fluid text": it exists in multiple versions, each revealing shifting intentions. The new Longman Critical Edition offers unprecedented access to the revisions that Melville made, the further...

Presents a retelling of Mark Twain's classic novel "Huckleberry Finn" about the adventures of a young boy who sets off on a journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.