Description: One of the great writer's most popular works is not only the story of an orphaned boy, but a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. This revised edition includes a new Introduction by Frederick Busch and an Afterword by Edward Le Comte. Reissue.
Review Quotes: "The greatest writer of his time."--Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art."--Edgar Johnson "All of his characters are my personal friends--I am constantly comparing them with living persons and living persons with them, and what a spirit there was in all he wrote."--Leo Tolstoy