Over 20 from the American Realist period makes up this huge anthology with an active table of contents.Authors and works include:Horatio Alger:Ragged Dick: Street Life in New York with the Boot-BlacksStephen Crane:Maggie: A Girl of the StreetsThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarTheodore Dreiser:The FinancierSister CarrieThe TitanWilliam Dean Howells:Indian SummerA Pair of Patient LoversThrough the Eye of the NeedleA Traveler from AltruriaHenry James:The AmbassadorsThe Beast in the JungleDaisy Miller: A Study in Two PartsThe Turn of the ScrewFrank Norris:McTeagueThe Octopus: A Story of CaliforniaThe PitUpton Sinclair:The JungleMark Twain:Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnTom Sawyer AbroadTom Sawyer, Detective