Delphi Complete Works Of George Macdonald Illustrated

A pioneering author of fantasy literature and the mentor of Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald produced a diverse body of works, including realist novels, children’s fantasy classics, innovative short stories, leading poetry and a range of non-fiction texts. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents MacDonald’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to MacDonald’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 37 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the Victorian texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works such as THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Rare short stories often missed out of collections * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes MacDonald’s non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s complete works * Special bonus biography – discover MacDonald’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved texts and a brief biography CONTENTS: The Novels Phantastes David Elginbrod Adela Cathcart The Portent Alec Forbes of Howglen Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood Guild Court Robert Falconer The Seaboard Parish At the Back of the North Wind Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood Wilfrid Cumbermede The Vicar’s Daughter The Princess and the Goblin The History of Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius The Wise Woman: A Parable Malcolm St. George and St. Michael Thomas Wingfold, Curate The Marquis of Lossie Paul Faber, Surgeon Sir Gibbie Mary Marston Warlock O’ Glenwarlock Weighed and Wanting The Day Boy and the Night Girl Donal Grant The Princess and Curdie What’s Mine’s Mine Home Again The Elect Lady The Flight of the Shadow A Rough Shaking There and Back Heather and Snow Lilith Salted with Fire The Shorter Fiction Dealings with the Fairies Works of Fancy and Imagination The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales Far Above Rubies The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry Introduction to MacDonald’s Poetry List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Unspoken Sermons England’s Antiphon The Miracles of Our Lord Preface: ‘Letters from Hell’ by Valdemar Adolph Thisted The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: A Study with the Test of the Folio of 1623 Unspoken Sermons, Second Series Preface: ‘For the Right’ by Karl Emil Franzos, 1888 Unspoken Sermons, Third Series Preface: ‘A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney’ The Hope of the Gospel A Dish of Orts Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald The Biographies George MacDonald, a Biographical and Critical Appreciation by Joseph Johnson George MacDonald by Annie Matheson

Regarded as the most gifted devotional lyricist of British poetry, George Herbert was associated with the metaphysical poets, producing deeply influential verses in the early seventeenth century. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Herbert’s complete works, with rare prose texts, beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Herbert’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes rare translations of Herbert’s Latin and Greek verses (translated by Alexander B. Grosart and Richard Wilton) – first time in digital print * Features the first biography on the poet by Izaak Walton – discover Herbert’s fascinating life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with the Complete Prose works, including the seminal ‘A Priest to the Temple’ CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert Brief Introduction: George Herbert The Poetry of George Herbert The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Prose A Priest to the Temple; or, The Country Parson (1652) Preface and Notes to ‘The ‘Divine Considerations’ by John Valdesso (1652) A Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety (1652) Jacula Prudentum (1652) Letters of George Herbert (1652) The Biography The Life of Mr. George Herbert by Izaak Walton

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The eighteenth century Irish philosopher George Berkeley is best known for his empiricist and idealist philosophy, which argues that reality consists only of minds and their ideas. He is also known for his critique of abstraction, an important premise in his argument for immaterialism. His chief philosophical work, ‘A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge’ (1710), largely seeks to refute the claims made by Berkeley's contemporary John Locke about the nature of human perception. This eBook presents Berkeley’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 Berkeley’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All of the treatises, with individual contents tables * Features rare works appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Siris’ and ‘The Theory of Vision’ * Rare translations of Berkeley’s two Latin works: ‘Arithmetica’ and ‘Miscellanea Mathematica’, available for the first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Berkeley’s contribution to philosophy * Features two bonus biographies – discover Berkeley’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books Arithmetica (1707) Miscellanea Mathematica (1707) Common-Place Book (1709) An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709) A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) A Discourse on Passive Obedience (1712) Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713) An Essay towards Preventing the Ruin of Great Britain (1721) De Motu (1721) A Proposal for Better Supplying Churches in our Foreign Plantations (1725) A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1732) Alciphron (1732) The Theory of Vision (1733) The Analyst (1734) A Defence of Free-thinking in Mathematics (1735) Reasons for Not Replying to Mr. Walton’s Full Answer (1735) The Querist (1737) A Discourse addressed to Magistrates and Men of Authority (1736) Siris (1744) A Word to the Wise (1749) Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water (1752) Miscellaneous Works The Criticism Extract from ‘A Treatise of Human Nature’ by David Hume Berkeley by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Extract from ‘The World as Will and Idea’ by Arthur Schopenhauer Extract from ‘The Principles of Psychology’ by William James The Biographies George Berkeley by A. Campbell Fraser George Berkeley by Robert Adamson 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

More famously known by her pen name George Eliot, Mary Anne Evans was a celebrated novelist, journalist, translator, critic and leading writer of the Victorian era. Her novels of provincial life in England were celebrated for their innovative realism and psychological insight. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of George Eliot, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 5) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Eliot's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 7 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes the complete shorter fiction and poetry * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes Eliot's non-fiction and rare translations - spend hours exploring the author’s entire works * UPDATED with a special criticism section, featuring 14 essays by authors such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf and George Willis Cooke, evaluating Eliot’s contribution to literature * UPDATED with five bonus biographies – immerse yourself in Eliot's literary life * UPDATED with entirely revised texts, formatting and many new images * 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 ADAM BEDE THE MILL ON THE FLOSS SILAS MARNER ROMOLA FELIX HOLT THE RADICAL MIDDLEMARCH DANIEL DERONDA The Shorter Fiction SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE THE LIFTED VEIL BROTHER JACOB The Poetry LIST OF POEMS The Translations THE LIFE OF JESUS CRITICALLY EXAMINED by Dr. David Friedrich Strauss THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY by Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach The Non-Fiction THREE MONTHS IN WEIMAR IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS The Criticism GEORGE ELIOT: A CRITICAL STUDY OF HER LIFE, WRITINGS AND PHILOSOPHY by George Willis Cooke THE ETHICS OF GEORGE ELIOT’S WORKS by John Morley GEORGE ELIOT by Virginia Woolf LETTER FROM EMILY DICKINSON TO FRANCES AND LOUISE NORCROSS THE NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT by Henry James DANIEL DERONDA: A CONVERSATION by Henry James THE POETRY OF GEORGE ELIOT by Henry James ON GEORGE ELIOT from The Quarterly Review GEORGE ELIOT, HAWTHORNE, GOETHE, HEINE by William Dean Howells GEORGE ELIOT by Richard Burton GEORGE ELIOT by William Ernest Henley GEORGE ELIOT by Frederic Harrison “GEORGE ELIOT’S” ANALYSIS OF MOTIVES by Nathan Sheppard GEORGE ELIOT’S HEROINES from The Spectator The Biographies GEORGE ELIOT’S LIFE AS RELATED IN HER LETTERS AND JOURNALS GEORGE ELIOT by Mathilde Blind THE LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT by John Morley GEORGE ELIOT by Sarah Knowles Bolton GEORGE ELIOT by Hattie Tyng Griswold Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

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The caricaturist George du Maurier (grandfather of Daphne du Maurier) is celebrated for his illustrations for ‘Punch’, offering incisive and hilarious commentaries on Victorian society. Du Maurier also wrote three successful novels, including the hugely popular ‘Trilby’, recounting the story of a poor artist's model transformed into a diva under the spell of Svengali, an evil musical genius. This plot would later inspire Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel ‘Phantom of the Opera’, as well as countless other tales of the gothic genre. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents du Maurier’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to du Maurier’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Includes du Maurier’s illustrations * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare sketch books available in no other collection * Includes a wide selection of du Maurier’s illustrations to works by other authors * Features three biographies, including Henry James’ seminal study – immerse yourself in du Maurier’s world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels Peter Ibbetson (1891) Trilby (1894) The Martian (1897) Satire and Sketches Recollections of an English Gold Mine (1861) English Society at Home (1881) Pictures of English Society (1884) English Society (1886) Social Pictorial Satire (1898) A Legend of Camelot, Pictures and Poems, etc. (1898) Works by Other Authors Illustrated by George du Maurier The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix (1863) The Grey Woman and Other Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell (1865) A Rose in June by Mrs. Oliphant (1874) Mr. Punch’s Railway Book (1910) Stage, Study & Studio (c. 1910) Mr. Punch in Society: Being the Humours of Social Life (1910) Miscellaneous Works Illustrated by du Maurier The Biographies George du Maurier (1888) by Henry James Trilbyana (1895) by Joseph Benson Gilder and Jeannette Leonard Gilder George du Maurier (1901) by Alfred Ainger 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

George Bernard Shaw created pioneering dramas that probed prevailing social problems with a vein of comedy that made their stark themes more palatable, while striving to make the world aware of the exploitation of the working classes. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of George Bernard Shaw, with every play, novel and short story, as well as featuring numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shaw’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels, plays and other texts * ALL 72 plays, with individual contents tables * Includes many rare dramas, available in no other collection * All 5 novels, with individual contents tables * Includes IMMATURITY, Shaw’s first novel, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Shaw’s scarce story collection SHORT STORIES, SCRAPS AND SHAVINGS, featuring the controversial tale ‘Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God’ * Includes almost the complete non-fiction, including Shaw’s seminal work on Ibsen * Special criticism study on Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, evaluating Shaw’s contribution to literature * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with two late non-fiction works CONTENTS: The Novels Immaturity The Irrational Knot Love Among the Artists Cashel Byron’s Profession An Unsocial Socialist The Short Stories Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings The Plays Passion Play Un Petit Drame The Cassone Widowers’ Houses The Philanderer Mrs. Warren’s Profession Arms and the Man Candida The Man of Destiny You Never Can Tell The Devil’s Disciple The Gadfly Caesar and Cleopatra Captain Brassbound’s Conversion The Admirable Bashville, or Constancy Unrewarded Man and Superman John Bull’s Other Island How He Lied to Her Husband Major Barbara Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction The Doctor’s Dilemma The Interlude at the Playhouse Getting Married The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet Press Cuttings Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace to the Author The Glimpse of Reality Suggested Act III Ending for Barker’s ‘The Madras House’ Misalliance The Dark Lady of the Sonnets Fanny’s First Play Androcles and the Lion Overruled: A Demonstration Beauty’s Duty Pygmalion Great Catherine The Music Cure O’flaherty, V. C. The Inca of Perusalem Augustus Does His Bit Glastonbury Skit Macbeth Skit Skit for the Tiptaft Revue Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Heartbreak House Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch The War Indemnities Jitta’s Atonement Saint Joan The Yahoos The Apple Cart Too True to Be Good Village Wooing On the Rocks The Garden of the Hesperides The Girl with the Golden Voice The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles The Six of Calais The Millionairess Arthur and the Acetone Sequence for the King’s People Cymbeline Refinished Geneva In Good King Charles’s Golden Days A New Ending for Clemence Dane’s ‘Cousin Muriel’ The British Party System Sequence for a Pageant of Plays and Players Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes Versus Shav Why She Would Not Jesus-Pilate Scene The Non-Fiction The Perfect Wagnerite Quintessence of Ibsenism The Impossibilities of Anarchism The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion Maxims for Revolutionists How These Doctors Love One Another! Letter to Frank Harris, 1930 Letter on Shakespeare by Mr. G. Bernard Shaw Pen Portraits and Reviews The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home The Criticism George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles