One of the three great playwrights of seventeenth century France, along with Molière and Corneille, Jean Racine is as a significant figure of world literature. Primarily a tragedian, producing neoclassical masterpieces such as ‘Phèdre’, ‘Andromaque’ and ‘Athalie’, Racine also composed the comedy ‘Les Plaideurs’. His works demonstrate a mastery of the 12-syllable French alexandrine — a verse form that influenced European literature for over two centuries. Renowned for their elegance, purity, speed and fury, Racine’s dramas are characterised by psychological insight, the prevailing passion of characters and the economy of both plot and stage. This eBook presents Racine’s complete plays, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Racine’s life and works * Concise introductions to the dramas * All 12 plays, with individual contents tables * Translations by Robert Bruce Boswell, 1880 * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the play texts * Easily locate the scenes you want to read * Includes rare dramas – available in no other collection * Features four biographies – discover Racine’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Tragedies The Thebaid (1664) Alexander the Great (1665) Andromache (1667) Britannicus (1669) Berenice (1670) Bajazet (1672) Mithridate (1673) Iphigenia (1674) Phaedre (1677) Esther (1689) Athaliah (1691) (tr. J. Donkersley, 1825) The Comedy The Litigants (1668) The Biographies Racine (1838) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Racine (1900) by William Cleaver Wilkinson Racine (1908) by Lytton Strachey Jean Racine (1911) by George Saintsbury

Lytton Strachey, the English biographer and critic, introduced a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Strachey’s works are celebrated for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. This comprehensive eBook presents Strachey’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Strachey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Many famous biographies, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Strachey’s rare poetry – available in no other collection * Also includes Strachey’s early Spectator essays, first time in digital print * Features two contextual pieces, evaluating Strachey’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, books published after 1922 cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books INTRODUCTION FOR ‘A SIMPLE STORY’ by E. Inchbald LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE EMINENT VICTORIANS QUEEN VICTORIA BOOKS AND CHARACTERS MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM ‘THE SPECTATOR’ The Poetry ELY: AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902 EUPHROSYNE: A COLLECTION OF VERSE The Contextual Pieces THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia Woolf LYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm 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

Winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature, Anatole France was a French poet, journalist and novelist, whose works were celebrated for their nobility of style and profound human sympathy. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents France’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to France’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 16 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * All the novels, including all four volumes of A CHRONICLE OF OUR OWN TIMES, available in no other collection * Excellent formatting of the texts * All the shorter fiction, with rare tales appearing here for the first time in digital print * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes France’s seminal historical study of Joan of Arc * Special criticism section, with 8 essays and articles evaluating France’s contribution to literature * 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 Novels THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD THE ASPIRATIONS OF JEAN SERVIEN HONEY-BEE THAÏS AT THE SIGN OF THE REINE PÉDAUQUE THE OPINIONS OF JEROME COIGNARD THE RED LILY A CHRONICLE OF OUR OWN TIMES I: THE ELM-TREE ON THE MALL A CHRONICLE OF OUR OWN TIMES II: THE WICKER-WORK WOMAN A CHRONICLE OF OUR OWN TIMES III: THE AMETHYST RING A CHRONICLE OF OUR OWN TIMES IV: MONSIEUR BERGERET IN PARIS A MUMMER’S TALE THE WHITE STONE PENGUIN ISLAND THE GODS ARE ATHIRST THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS The Shorter Fiction JOCASTA AND THE FAMISHED CAT BALTHASAR AND OTHER WORKS MOTHER OF PEARL THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE CLIO CRAINQUEBILLE, PUTOIS, RIQUET AND OTHER PROFITABLE TALES THE MERRIE TALES OF JACQUES TOURNEBROCHE THE SEVEN WIVES OF BLUEBEARD AND OTHER MARVELLOUS TALES CHILD LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY MISCELLANEOUS STORIES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Plays CRAINQUEBILLE THE COMEDY OF A MAN WHO MARRIED A DUMB WIFE COME WHAT MAY The Poetry LIST OF POETICAL WORKS The Non-Fiction THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC The Criticism ANATOLE FRANCE — 1904 by Joseph Conrad ANATOLE FRANCE by Arnold Bennett HOMAGE TO ANATOLE FRANCE by John Galsworthy ANATOLE FRANCE by John Cowper Powys ANATOLE FRANCE by Robert Lynd THE WISDOM OF ANATOLE FRANCE by John Middleton Murry ANATOLE FRANCE by George Brandes ANATOLE FRANCE by Winifred Stephens Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

The English interwar writer Arthur Ransome, best known for the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ children’s books, is noted for popularising the pattern for “holiday adventure” stories. A writer of various genres, his first success, ‘Bohemia in London’, is a partly autobiographical account of his early days. He also published a noted general ‘History of Story-Telling’, as well as landmark critical works on Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde. During the Great War, Ransome worked as a war correspondent in Russia, where he studied native folktales, which he retold for children. He also wrote extensively about his passion of angling, producing the seminal work in its field, ‘Rod and Line’. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Ransome’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 Ransome’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ novels, with individual contents tables * Includes Ransome’s original illustrations to the novels * Many rare texts 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 * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Includes Ransome’s rare non-fiction works * Features the celebrated autobiography – discover Ransome’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Swallows and Amazons Books Swallows and Amazons (1930) Swallowdale (1931) Peter Duck (1932) Winter Holiday (1933) Coot Club (1934) Pigeon Post (1936) We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea (1937) Secret Water (1939) The Big Six (1940) Missee Lee (1941) The Picts and the Martyrs (1943) Great Northern? (1947) Other Children’s Books The Child’s Book of the Seasons (1906) Pond and Stream (1906) The Things in our Garden (1906) The Hoofmarks of the Faun (1911) Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1920) The Soldier and Death (1922) The Horror Novel The Elixir of Life (1915) The Short Stories Miscellaneous Stories The Non-Fiction The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers (1904) Bohemia in London (1907) A History of Story-telling (1909) Edgar Allan Poe (1910) Oscar Wilde (1912) Portraits and Speculations (1913) Six Weeks in Russia (1919) The Crisis in Russia (1921) Racundra’s First Cruise (1923) Rod and Line (1929) Racundra’s Third Cruise (1972) The Autobiography The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome (1976)

The girl who was to be named Phillis Wheatley was captured in West Africa in 1761 and taken to Boston by slave traders. She proved to be a precocious child and by the age of eighteen, she had produced a collection of impressive poems. With the 1773 publication of ‘Poems on Various Subjects’, Wheatley became the most famous African on the face of the earth. Today, critics regard her work as fundamental to the genre of African-American literature, and she is honoured as the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry and the first to make a living from her writing. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Wheatley’s complete works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wheatley’s life and works * Concise introduction to Wheatley’s life and poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Rare miscellaneous poems printed in magazines * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Wheatley’s letters * Features a bonus biography — discover Wheatley’s incredible life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Phillis Wheatley Brief Introduction: Phillis Wheatley Complete Poetical Works of Phillis Wheatley The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Letters The Letters of Phillis Wheatley The Biography Phillis Wheatley (1918) by Benjamin Brawley Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

The sci-fi writer John Wyndham produced innovative works examining the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly invade a comfortable English setting. The 1951 post-apocalyptic masterpiece ‘The Day of the Triffids’, depicting lethal mobile plants that menace the human race, quickly established Wyndham as a prominent figure of science-fiction literature. He was also a master of the short story, penning engaging tales of science fiction, satire, detective mysteries and whimsical fantasy. His work went on to inspire numerous writers throughout the late twentieth century, including Margaret Atwood, Stephen King and Alex Garland. This eBook presents Wyndham’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) Please note: no known copies of Wyndham’s first novel ‘The Curse of the Burdens’ are available at the time of publication. The posthumous novel ‘Plan for Chaos’ and the posthumous short story ‘Blackmoil’ cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wyndham’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All available novels, with individual contents tables * Rare story collections available in no other collection * Uncollected short stories appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including scarce tales from pulp magazines * Includes the original short story of ‘Chocky’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Secret People (1935) Foul Play Suspected (1935) Planet Plane (1936) The Day of the Triffids (1951) The Kraken Wakes (1953) The Chrysalids (1955) The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) The Outward Urge (1959) Trouble with Lichen (1960) Chocky (1968) Web (1979) The Short Story Collections Jizzle (1954) The Seeds of Time (1956) Consider Her Ways and Others (1961) The Infinite Moment (1961) Sleepers of Mars (1973) Wanderers of Time (1973) The Best of John Wyndham (1975) Exiles on Asperus (1979) Uncollected Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The English novelist Dorothy M. Richardson was a modernist pioneer of stream-of-consciousness fiction. Her novel sequence ‘Pilgrimage’ is an extraordinarily sensitive story, portrayed cinematically through the eyes of Miriam Henderson, an attractive and mystical New Woman. The unfinished 13-volume novel is now considered a significant work of literary modernism, exploring new formal methods to represent feminine consciousness. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Richardson’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, detailed introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Richardson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 13 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare works 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 * The complete short stories * Rare poems from periodicals, available in no other collection * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Explore Richardson’s non-fiction * Includes Richardson’s rare autobiographical pieces – available in no other collection * Special criticism section, with essays by Sinclair, Woolf and Lawrence, evaluating Richardson’s contribution to literature * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: Pilgrimage Pointed Roofs (1915) Backwater (1916) Honeycomb (1917) The Tunnel (1918) Interim (1919) Deadlock (1921) Revolving Lights (1923) The Trap (1925) Oberland (1927) Dawn’s Left Hand (1931) Clear Horizon (1935) Dimple Hill (1938) March Moonlight (1967) The Short Stories The Short Stories of Dorothy Richardson The Poetry The Poems of Dorothy Richardson The Non-Fiction The Quakers: Past and Present (1914) Gleanings from the Works of George Fox (1914) About Punctuation (1924) John Austen and the Inseparables (1930) The Autobiographical Pieces Autobiographical Sketches The Criticism The Novels of Dorothy Richardson (1918) by May Sinclair Review of ‘The Tunnel’ (1919) by Virginia Woolf The Future of the Novel (1923) by D. H. Lawrence 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

An American best-selling author of the early twentieth century, Winston Churchill wrote the historical novel ‘Richard Carvel’, which was a huge phenomenon on its 1899 publication, selling two million copies at a time when the U.S. population was only 76 million. The book launched Churchill’s career and was followed by a series of meticulously-researched historical novels that were tremendously popular in the 1900’s and 1910’s. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Churchill’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Churchill’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 10 novels, with individual contents tables * Features the rare short story ‘Faith of Frances Craniford’, appearing here 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 * The complete plays * Rare poems available in no other collection * Includes Churchill’s non-fiction * The rare Christian study ‘The Uncharted Way’, first time in digital publishing * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Celebrity (1898) Richard Carvel (1899) The Crisis (1901) The Crossing (1904) Coniston (1906) Mr. Crewe’s Career (1908) A Modern Chronicle (1910) The Inside of the Cup (1913) A Far Country (1915) The Dwelling-Place of Light (1917) The Short Stories Mr. Keegan’s Elopement (1896) Faith of Frances Craniford (1917) The Plays The Title Mart (1905) Dr. Jonathan (1919) The Poetry The Poems of Winston Churchill The Non-Fiction A Traveller in War-Time (1918) An Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea (1918) The Uncharted Way (1940)

Pietro Perugino was a Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school and the teacher of Raphael. He was also one of the first to handle successfully the new medium of oil. His charming compositions are noted for their depth and transparency, as well as for the novelty of his technique, producing sweet and graceful masterpieces that were immensely popular. The striking clarity and elegance of his style would have a lasting impact on the development of the High Renaissance. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Perugino’s complete paintings, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Pietro Perugino – over 500 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Perugino’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the artworks you wish to view * Features four bonus biographies, including Vasari’s seminal work – discover Perugino's world CONTENTS: The Highlights Adoration of the Magi (c. 1473) Delivery of the Keys (1482) Madonna and Child with Saint Rose and Saint Catherine (c. 1490) The Virgin Appearing to Saint Bernard (c. 1492) Pietà (c. 1493) Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian (1493) Portrait of Francesco delle Opere (1494) Pazzi Crucifixion (1496) Fortitude and Temperance with Six Antique Heroes (c. 1498) Pavia Altarpiece (c. 1499) Self Portrait (c. 1499) Assumption of the Virgin with Four Saints (1500) Madonna and Child (c. 1500) Mary Magdalene (c. 1500) The Battle between Love and Chastity (1503) Annunziata Polyptych (1507) The Paintings The Complete Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings The Biographies Life of Pietro Perugino (1550) by Giorgio Vasari Perugino (1900) by George C. Williamson Pietro Perugino (1911) by William Michael Rossetti Pietro Perugino (1912) by Selwyn Brinton

In spite of his death to Spanish Flu at the age of 28, Schiele would become one of the leading figures of Austrian Expressionism and a spokesman for a generation of ambitious artists in the years to come. His extraordinary artworks are characterised by their intensity, raw sexuality and controversial tone. Unlike his great mentor Gustav Klimt, Schiele emphasised expression over decoration, heightening the emotive power of line with agitated tension. The centre of his artistic interest was the contemplation of his own existence, as demonstrated by his countless self portraits. These searing, psychologically complex images explore the human figure at its most expressive. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Schiele’s complete works, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Egon Schiele – over 480 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Schiele’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the artworks * Easily locate the artworks you wish to view CONTENTS: Contents The Highlights Self Portrait (1906) Trieste Harbour (1907) Gerti Schiele (1909) Standing Nude Girl (1910) The Prophets (1911) Two Young Girls (1911) The Artist’s Room in Neulengbach (1911) Self Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant (1912) Self Portrait as a Prisoner (1912) Heinrich Benesch and His Son Otto (1913) Fighter (1913) Reclining Woman with Legs Apart (1914) Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1916) Death and the Maiden (c. 1916) View of Krumau (1916) Embrace II (1917) The Family (1918) The Artworks The Complete Works Alphabetical List of Artworks