Delphi Complete Works of Josephine Tey (Illustrated) PDF Download

Author: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 5503

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The Scottish novelist and playwright Josephine Tey, pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh, wrote popular detective novels praised for their warm and engaging style. They feature the indefatigable Inspector Grant, whose cases often involve the darker side of humanity, as Tey’s works fashioned a bridge between the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and contemporary crime novels. Her masterpiece ‘The Daughter of Time’ sees Grant investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower. It went on to win the prestigious distinction of being the greatest crime novel of all time, as judged by the Crime Writers' Association, even eclipsing the works of Doyle, Sayers, Chandler and Christie. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Tey’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 11 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Rare newspaper sketches appearing for the first time in digital publishing, representing Tey’s first printed works * Excellent formatting of the texts * 18 plays, including the seminal drama ‘Richard of Bordeaux’ * Rare plays never digitised before * Includes Tey’s rare non-fiction book ‘Claverhouse’ – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Inspector Alan Grant Books The Man in the Queue (1929) A Shilling for Candles (1936) The Franchise Affair (1948) To Love and Be Wise (1950) The Daughter of Time (1951) The Singing Sands (1952) Other Novels Kif (1929) The Expensive Halo (1931) Miss Pym Disposes (1946) Brat Farrar (1949) The Privateer (1952) The Sketches Sketches from ‘The Westminster Gazette’ The Plays Richard of Bordeaux (1932) The Laughing Woman (1934) Queen of Scots (1934) Cornelia (1946) The Little Dry Thorn (1946) Leith Sands and Other Short Plays (1946) Valerius (1948) Dickon (1953) The Pomp of Mr. Pomfret (1954) Patria (1954) The Balwhinnie Bomb (1954) The Pen of My Aunt (1954) The Princess who Liked Cherry Pie (1954) Lady Charing is Cross (1954) Sweet Coz (1954) Reckoning (1954) Barnharrow (1954) The Staff-Room (1954) The Non-Fiction Claverhouse (1937) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Horace Walpole
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3987

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The eighteenth century man of letters Horace Walpole is accredited with writing the first Gothic novel, ‘The Castle of Otranto’, as well as producing an accomplished range of literary texts in various genres. This comprehensive eBook presents Walpole’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Walpole’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many rare non-fiction works, appearing in digital print for the first time, including Walpole’s art criticism and memoirs of George II and III * Includes Walpole’s rare poetry collection – available in no other collection * Includes Walpole’s letters - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence * Features two biographies - discover Walpole’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novel THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO The Shorter Fiction HIEROGLYPHIC TALES The Plays THE MYSTERIOUS MOTHER THE COUNT OF NARBONNE The Poetry FUGITIVE PIECES IN VERSE AND PROSE The Non-Fiction SOME ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND AN ACCOUNT OF THE GIANTS LATELY DISCOVERED HISTORIC DOUBTS ON THE LIFE AND REIGN OF RICHARD III ON MODERN GARDENING A DESCRIPTION OF THE VILLA OF MR. HORACE WALPOLE CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD The Letters THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE The Biographies SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD by Lord Dover HORATIO WALPOLE by Adolphus William Ward Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Denis Diderot
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1812

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A prominent figure of the Age of Enlightenment, the French philosopher Denis Diderot served as chief editor of the ‘Encyclopédie’, the first encyclopaedia to include contributions from many named contributors. He developed a materialist philosophy and arrived at startling intuitive insights into biology and chemistry. In speculating on the origins of life without divine intervention, he foreshadowed the evolutionary theories of Darwin and put forth a prophetic picture of the cellular structure of matter. His ideas, often captured in the form of paradox and dialogue, stem from a sense of life’s ambiguities and a profound understanding of the complexities and contradictions of human nature. This eBook presents Diderot’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Diderot’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Many important treatises, with individual contents tables * Features translations appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Features three biographies – discover Diderot’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels The Indiscreet Toys (1748) Memoirs of a Nun (1796) The Philosophical Works Philosophical Thoughts (1746) Letter on the Blind (1749) Letter on the Deaf and Dumb (1751) On Composition (1755) My Strange Thoughts on Drawing (1755) Letter to My Brother (1760) Freedom of Thought (1765) Maimonides (1765) Rameau’s Nephew (1774) Conversation between D’Alembert and Diderot (1769) Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown (1769) Thoughts on Religion (1770) A Father Talks with his Children (1771) Paradox of the Actor (1830) The Biographies Diderot and the Encyclopædists (1886) by John Morley Diderot: The Talker (1906) by Evelyn Beatrice Hall Denis Diderot (1911) by John Morley Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: T. E. Lawrence
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1734

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The legendary ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, T. E. Lawrence was a British archaeological scholar, military strategist and author, best known for his war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his revealing account of the conflict in his masterpiece ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ (1926). An action-packed narrative of the campaigns in the desert with the Arabs, the book features rich character portrayals, engaging incidents and a tense introspection, exploring the author’s own complex mental and spiritual transformation. This eBook presents Lawrence’s complete works, with numerous illustrations and rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lawrence’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the published works, with individual contents tables * Features rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Crusader Castles’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Includes Lawrence’s rare posthumous works– available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Non-Fiction Preface to ‘The Wilderness of Zin’ (1914) by C. Leonard Woolley Arab Memorandum to the Paris Peace Conference (1919) Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926) Revolt in the Desert (1927) Guerrilla Warfare (1929) The Mint (1936) Crusader Castles (1936) Oriental Assembly (1939) The Translations The Forest Giant (1923) The Odyssey of Homer (1932) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: George Washington Cable
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3593

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George Washington Cable was an American author and reformer, noted for his stories dealing with Creole life in his native New Orleans. His early novels sought to recapture the picturesque times of the old French-Spanish city, while employing a realism that was new to Southern fiction. His works are characterised by freshness and charm, with a force of moral conviction. Although Cable was the son of slaveholders and fought in the Confederate cavalry, he saw slavery and attempts to deny freedmen full public rights as moral wrongs. He produced powerful essays and lectures, urging the cause of black rights in the face of violent abuse in the Southern press. Now regarded as the most important Southern writer of the late nineteenth century, Cable and his work would pave the way for the achievements of William Faulkner. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Cable’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cable’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All 11 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare books appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are illustrated with their original artwork * Rare short fiction available in no other collection * Cable’s complete non-fiction, including the seminal essay ‘The Silent South’, first time in digital print * Features a bonus biography * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Grandissimes (1880) Madame Delphine (1881) Dr. Sevier (1882) Bonaventure (1888) John March, Southerner (1894) The Cavalier (1901) Bylow Hill (1902) Kincaid’s Battery (1908) Gideon’s Band (1914) The Flower of the Chapdelaines (1917) Lovers of Louisiana (1918) The Shorter Fiction Old Creole Days (1879) Strange True Stories of Louisiana (1890) Strong Hearts (1899) Père Raphaël (1909) The Non-Fiction The Creoles of Louisiana (1884) The Silent South (1885) New Orleans (1889) The Negro Question (1890) The Busy Man’s Bible and How to Study and Teach It (1891) A Memory of Roswell Smith (1892) William Cullen Bryant (1911) The Amateur Garden (1914) The Dance in Place Congo (1917) The Poem A New Arrival (1882) The Biography George W. Cable (1901) by E. F. Harkins

Author: E. M. Delafield
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786560496
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7990

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Author: Callistratus the Sophist
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701695
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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Callistratus was a sophist and rhetorician, who likely flourished in the third century AD. He composed fourteen descriptions of works in stone or brass by notable artists. The text reveals an interest in rhetorical skill, displaying the writers’ powers of description, while offering an interesting insight into how ancient artists treated their subjects. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Callistratus’ complete extant works, with illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Callistratus * Features the complete extant works of Callistratus, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introduction * Includes Arthur Fairbanks’ 1931 translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library * Images of famous artworks connected to Callistratus * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features Fairbanks’ introduction — discover Callistratus’ ancient world CONTENTS: The Translation Descriptions The Greek Text Contents of the Greek Text The Dual Text Dual Greek and English Text The Biography Introduction to Callistratus (1931) by Arthur Fairbanks

Author: Sir Richard Steele
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701725
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 4814

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The eighteenth century essayist, dramatist, journalist and politician Sir Richard Steele is best known today as the principal author of the periodicals ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’. One of the most compelling figures of his time, Steele adopted a prose technique characterised by its easy, rapid, humorous and sincere style. His publications represented a new approach to journalism, offering cultivated essays on contemporary manners, establishing a pattern that would influence the course of English literature. This eBook presents Steele’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Steele’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the major tracts, with individual contents tables * Features rare essays appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the texts were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete plays and poetry, with superior formatting * Includes the complete run of both ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’ * Features two biographies – discover Steele’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Prose The Christian Hero (1701) The Spectator Club (1711) The Englishman’s Thanks to the Duke of Marlborough (1712) The Importance of Dunkirk Consider’d (1713) The Crisis (1714) Mr. Steele’s Apology for Himself and His Writings (1714) The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So-Called No. 57 (1714) An Account of the Fish-Pool (1718) The Crisis of Property (1720) A Nation a Family (1720) Isaac Bickerstaff: Physician and Astrologer (1887) Miscellaneous Tracts The Dramatic Works The Funeral (1701) The Lying Lover (1703) The Tender Husband (1705) The Conscious Lovers (1723) The School of Action (1725) The Gentleman (1809) Prologues to Plays by Other Writers The Poem The Procession (1695) The Journalism The Tatler (1709-1711) The Spectator (1711-1712) The Biographies Richard Steele (1894) by G. A. Aitken Sir Richard Steele (1900) by Henry Austin Dobson

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1910630934
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 6652

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Regarded by some as second only to Shakespeare, the Jacobean dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher collaborated to produce some of the finest plays of the seventeenth century. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Beaumont and Fletcher’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Beaumont and Fletcher’s lives and works * Concise introductions to the plays * ALL 58 plays, with individual contents tables * Features all the plays written with other collaborators, many appearing for the first time digital publishing * Images of how the plays were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Jacobean texts * Excellent formatting of the plays * Also includes the poetry of Beaumont and Fletcher * Easily locate the poems or scenes you want to read * Includes rare and disputed plays * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Beaumont and Fletcher’s contribution to literature * Features two biographies – explore Beaumont and Fletcher’s Jacobean world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved texts CONTENTS: Beaumont’s Solo Plays The Knight of the Burning Pestle The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn Fletcher’s Solo Plays The Faithful Shepherdess Valentinian Monsieur Thomas The Woman’s Prize; or the Tamer Tamed Bonduca The Chances Wit Without Money The Mad Lover The Loyal Subject The Humorous Lieutenant Women Pleased The Island Princess, The Wild Goose Chase The Pilgrim A Wife for a Month Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays The Woman Hater Cupid’s Revenge Philaster; or Love Lies A-Bleeding The Maid’s Tragedy A King and No King The Captain The Scornful Lady Love’s Pilgrimage The Noble Gentleman Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays Revised by Massinger Thierry and Theodoret The Coxcomb Beggars’ Bush Love’s Cure Fletcher and Massinger’s Plays Sir John Van Olden Barnavelt The Little French Lawyer A Very Woman; Or, the Prince of Tarent The Custom of the Country The Double Marriage The False One The Prophetess The Sea Voyage The Spanish Curate The Lovers’ Progress or the Wandering Lovers The Elder Brother Fletcher, Massinger and Field’s Plays The Honest Man’s Fortune The Queen of Corinth The Knight of Malta Fletcher and Shakespeare’s Plays Henry VIII The Two Noble Kinsmen Cardenio (Lost) Fletcher, Middleton and Rowley’s Collaboration Wit at Several Weapons Fletcher and Rowley’s Play The Maid in the Mill Fletcher and Field’s Play Four Plays; or Moral Representations, in One, Morality Fletcher, Massinger, Jonson and Chapman’s Play Rollo Duke of Normandy; or the Bloody Brother Fletcher and Shirley’s Play The Night Walker; or the Little Thief Contested Fletcher Plays The Nice Valour; or the Passionate Madman The Laws of Candy The Fair Maid of the Inn The Faithful Friends The Coronation The Poetry Beaumont’s Poetry Fletcher’s Poetry First Folio Commendatory Verses List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Criticism Notes on Beaumont and Fletcher by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Three Masterpieces by Walter W. Greg The Later Elizabethans by Ashley H. Thorndike The Biographies Francis Beaumont: Dramatist by Charles Mills Gayley Beaumont and Fletcher by Algernon Charles Swinburne and Margaret Bryant

Author: Porphyry of Tyre
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701407
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1890

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Porphyry of Tyre was a third-century Neoplatonic philosopher and follower of Plotinus. He edited and published ‘The Enneads’, the only collection of his teacher’s work. Porphyry also wrote original works in Greek on a wide variety of topics, including philosophy, religion, vegetarianism, philology and science, while revealing a scholarly care in citing authorities. His influential work ‘Isagoge’, an introduction to logic and philosophy, was the standard textbook on logic throughout the Middle Ages. Surviving fragments of ‘Against the Christians’, which was condemned in 448 to be burned, marked him as a fierce critic of the new religion. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Porphyry’s collected works, with illustrations, introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Porphyry's life and works * Features the collected works of Porphyry, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introductions to the major works * Includes translations by Stephen MacKenna, Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, Octavius Freire Owen and Thomas Taylor * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Porphyry's rare treatises * Provides a dual English and Greek text for four of the major works, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features a bonus biography CONTENTS: The Translations Life of Plotinus Life of Pythagoras Isagoge On the Faculties of the Soul Against the Christians On the Cave of the Nymphs in the Odyssey On the Abstinence of Eating Animals Aids to the Study of the Intelligibles Letter to Marcella Letter to the Egyptian Anebo The Greek Texts List of Greek Texts The Dual Texts Dual Greek and English Texts The Biography Brief Biography: Porphyry