Kidnapped Great Illustrated Classics

In his broad-ranging illuminating introduction (itself a model of critical clarity and stylistic grace), Menikoff emphasizes both the mythic appeal of the novel and the "starkness of its realism"....[He] makes a strong case for reexamining the so-called "children's classic" in the light in which it was received by Henry James and other early readers and critics-as a mature work of serious fiction. -- Bill Jones, Arkansas Democrat-GazetteMenikoff's edition of "Kidnapped" ... is revolutionary in its impact. -- Times Literary Supplement--This text refers to the Hardcoveredition.