Introduction
Charles Dickens's heroic victims: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip
Mark Twain's free spirits and slaves: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Henry James's demonic lambs: Miles and Flora in The turn of the screw
J.M. Barrie's eternal narcissist: Peter Pan
J.D. Salinger's saintly dropout: Holden Caulfield
Vladimir Nabokov's abused nymph: Lolita
Philip Roth's performing loudmouth: Alexander Portnoy.