Delphi Collected Works of M. P. Shiel (Illustrated)


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The early twentieth century writer M. P. Shiel was a master of supernatural horror and science-fiction romances. ‘The Purple Cloud’ (1901), a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel, is an important milestone in the development of science fiction literature, regarded by some as the best of all ‘Last Man’ novels. His pioneering works went on to influence important writers like H. G. Wells and Stephen King. This comprehensive eBook presents Shiel’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many 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 Shiel’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 16 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels 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 * Includes Shiel’s rare non fiction works, published posthumously – 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 Novels The Rajah’s Sapphire (1896) The Yellow Danger (1898) Contraband of War (1899) Cold Steel (1899) The Man-Stealers (1900) The Lord of the Sea (1901) The Purple Cloud (1901) The Evil That Men Do (1904) The Lost Viol (1905) The Yellow Wave (1905) The Last Miracle (1906) The White Wedding (1908) The Isle of Lies (1909) The Dragon (1913) Children of the Wind (1923) The Young Men Are Coming! (1937) The Short Story Collections Prince Zaleski (1895) Shapes in the Fire (1896) Miscellaneous Short Stories The Non-Fiction Science, Life and Literature (1950) 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




Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated)


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Widely regarded as the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was also a prolific author of history, politics and social commentary, whose works from an early date were renowned for their outspoken socialist views. This eBook presents Wells’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Parts Edition is available for this title. (Version 8) Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, some later novels and non-fiction texts are not included. However, when they enter the public domain, they will be added as a free upgrade. Contents: The Novels The Time Machine (1895) The Wonderful Visit (1895) The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) The Wheels of Chance (1896) The Invisible Man (1897) The War of the Worlds (1898) When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899) The First Men in the Moon (1901) The Sea Lady (1902) The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) Kipps (1905) A Modern Utopia (1905) In the Days of the Comet (1906) The War in the Air (1908) Tono-Bungay (1909) Ann Veronica (1909) The History of Mr. Polly (1910) The Sleeper Awakes (1910) The New Machiavelli (1911) Marriage (1912) The Passionate Friends (1913) The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914) The World Set Free (1914) Bealby (1915) Boon (1915) The Research Magnificent (1915) Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916) The Soul of a Bishop (1917) Joan and Peter (1918) The Undying Fire (1919) The Secret Places of the Heart (1922) Men Like Gods (1923) The Dream (1924) Christina Alberta’s Father (1925) The World of William Clissold (1916) Meanwhile (1927) Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928) The Bulpington of Blup (1932) Star Begotten (1937) The Camford Visitation (1937) The Brothers (1938) The Holy Terror (1939) Babes in the Darkling Wood (1939) All Aboard for Ararat (1940) You Can’t Be Too Careful (1942) The Short Story Collections Early Short Stories Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895) The Plattner Story and Others (1897) Tales of Space and Time (1899) Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903) The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911) The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911) Uncollected Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Text-Book of Biology (1893) Certain Personal Matters (1897) Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought (1901) The Discovery of the Future (1902) Mankind in the Making (1903) Preface to ‘Underground Man’ (1905) by Gabriel Tarde The Things that Live on Mars (1905) The Future in America (1906) This Misery of Boots (1907) Socialism and the Family (1908) New Worlds for Old (1908) First and Last Things (1908) Floor Games (1911) Little Wars (1913) The War that Will End War (1914) An Englishman Looks at the World (1914) Scientific War (1915) What is Coming? (1916) The Elements of Reconstruction (1916) Introduction to ‘Nocturne’ (1917) by Frank Swinnerton God the Invisible King (1917) War and the Future (1917) In the Fourth Year (1918) The Importance of Being a Woman (1918) The Idea of a League of Nations (1919) The Outline of History (1920) Russia in the Shadows (1920) The New Teaching of History (1921) The Salvaging of Civilization (1921) Introduction to ‘The Pivot of Civilization’ (1922) by Margaret Sanger A Short History of the World (1922) Washington and the Hope of Peace (1922) The Gifts of the New Sciences (1924) The Story of a Great Schoolmaster (1924) A Year of Prophesying (1925) Mr. Belloc Objects to “The Outline of History” (1926) Marxism vs. Liberalism (1934) The Anatomy of Frustration (1936) The Future of the Jews (1938) World of Tomorrow (1939) The Fate of Homo Sapiens (1939) The Common Sense of War and Peace (1940) The Criticism Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants (1905) by G. K. Chesterton H. G. Wells on the Rest of Us (1909) by George Bernard Shaw H. G. Wells (1909) by Arnold Bennett H. G. Wells (1915) by J. D. Beresford Wells and the World State (1922) by G. K. Chesterton Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924) by Virginia Woolf An Extract from ‘Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance’ (1924) by Ford Madox Ford H. G. Wells: Dreaming for the World (1926) by Stuart Pratt Sherman Mr. Belloc Still Objects to Mr. Wells’s “Outline of History” (1926) by Hilaire Belloc




Delphi Collected Works of John Wyndham (Illustrated)


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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. Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic masterpieces established his name as a leading 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 collected 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. Four novels cannot appear due to US copyright law: ‘The Day of the Triffids’; ‘The Chrysalids’; ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’; and ‘Trouble with Lichen’. 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 in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Includes the masterpiece ‘The Kraken Wakes’ * Rare story collections available in no other collection * Almost the complete short stories * 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 Kraken Wakes (1953) The Outward Urge (1959) 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




Delphi Complete Works of Arthur Ransome (Illustrated)


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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)




Delphi Complete Works of Herodian (Illustrated)


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Flourishing in the third century, Herodian of Antioch wrote a ‘Roman History’, covering the period of the Roman Empire from the death of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180) to the accession of Gordian III (238). It was a century of turbulent strife, when a succession of frontier crises and a disastrous lack of economic planning established a pattern of military coups and increasing cultural divides. Herodian’s history is one of the few texts charting this period to have survived and it is more or less complete. Principally written for the benefit of people in the Greek-speaking Roman Empire, its veracity is often distorted by rhetoric and stereotypes; however, it is an indispensable text for any student of this important period of Roman history. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Herodian’s complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Herodian's life and work * Features the complete extant text of Herodian’s ‘Roman History’, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introduction to the text * Includes Edward C. Echols’ translation * 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 Classical Greek students * Features a bonus biography — discover Herodian's ancient world Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translation Roman History The Greek Text Contents of the Greek Text The Dual Text Dual Greek and English Text The Biography Introduction to Herodian by Edward C. Echols Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles




Delphi Complete Works of Eutropius (Illustrated)


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The Roman historian Eutropius flourished in the fourth century AD and is the author of ‘Breviarium historiae Romanae’, a compendium of ten books of Roman history, from the foundation of the city to the accession of Valens. It has come down to us complete and was compiled with considerable care and written with impartiality in a succinct style. It is particularly useful to historians for its account of the First Punic War, as Livy’s books spanning that period have not survived. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Eutropius’ complete extant text, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Eutropius’ life and works * Features the complete text of ‘Breviarium historiae Romanae’, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introduction to the text * Features John Selby Watson’s 1886 translation * Excellent formatting of the texts * Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translation Summary of Roman History The Latin Text Contents of Latin Text The Dual Text Dual Latin and English Text The Biography Life of Eutropius by J. C. Hazzard Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles




Delphi Complete Works of Bacchylides (Illustrated)


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The fifth century Greek lyric poet Bacchylides was the nephew of Simonides of Ceos and the rival of Pindar. He was included by later Greeks in the canonical list of nine lyric poets, due to his ‘elegance’ and ‘polished’ style. The most notable features of his poetry are clarity in expression and simplicity of thought, making his verses an ideal introduction to the study of Greek lyric poetry. 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 Bacchylides’ complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bacchylides’ life and works * Features the extant works of Bacchylides, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introduction to the poetry * Includes Richard Claverhouse Jebb’s 1905 translation, previously appearing in the Cambridge University Press edition of Bacchylides * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Bacchylides’ rare fragments * Features a bonus biography — discover Bacchylides’ ancient world Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translation The Poems and Fragments The Greek Text Contents of the Greek Text The Biography The Life of Bacchylides by Richard Claverhouse Jebb Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles




Delphi Complete Works of Persius (Illustrated)


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A first century Roman poet of Etruscan origin, Persius wrote polished satires that reveal his interest in Stoicism and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his poetic contemporaries. Like Juvenal who would write half a century later, Persius was the heir to the style of Latin verse satire developed by Lucilius and Horace, which were clearly aimed at a sophisticated and urban audience. He adopts the mask of an angry man, while his sharp criticism of the society in which he lives is combined with flashes of sardonic humor. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Persius’ complete extant works, with illustrations, an informative introduction and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Persius’ life and works * Features the complete extant works of Persius, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introduction to the poetry * Provides both verse and prose translations * Also includes the 1918 translation previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition * Features the translators’ original footnotes, giving important contextual information * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the poems you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for Latin students * Features three biographies — discover Persius’ ancient world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations Brief Introduction to Persius Lewis Evans’ Prose Translation, 1881 William Gifford’s Verse Translation, 1881 George Gilbert Ramsay’s Prose Translation, 1918 The Latin Text Contents of the Latin Text The Dual Text Dual Latin and English Text The Biographies The Life of Aulus Persius Flaccus (c. 121) by Suetonius An Essay on the Roman Satirists (1881) by William Gifford Life of Persius (1918) by George Gilbert Ramsay Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles




Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)


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Cicero's Rome's greatest orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero was a renowned philosopher and political theorist whose influence upon the history of European literature has been immense. For the first time in digital publishing history, readers can now enjoy Cicero’s complete works in English and Latin on their eReaders, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cicero's life and works * Features the complete works of Cicero, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introductions to the orations, treatises and other works * The complete speeches, with rare fragments, arranged in precise chronological order * Includes many translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Cicero’s works * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the orations or treatises you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes rare fragments of Cicero's epic poem, first time in digital print * Many rare treatises appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features four biographies – immerse yourself in Cicero's ancient world! * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Orations PRO QUINCTIO PRO ROSCIO AMERINO PRO Q. ROSCIO COMOEDO PRO TULLIO DIVINATIO IN CAECILIUM IN VERREM PRO FONTEIO PRO CAECINA PRO LEGE MANILIA PRO CLUENTIO IN TOGA CANDIDA PRO RABIRIO PERDUELLIONIS REO PRO MURENA IN CATILINAM I-IV DE LEGE AGRARIA CONTRA RULLUM PRO SULLA PRO ARCHIA POETA) PRO FLACCO POST REDITUM IN SENATU POST REDITUM IN QUIRITES DE HARUSPICUM RESPONSIS DE DOMO SUA PRO SESTIO PRO CAELIO PRO BALBO IN VATINIUM TESTEM DE PROVINCIIS CONSULARIBUS IN PISONEM PRO RABIRIO POSTUMO PRO PLANCIO PRO MILONE PRO REGE DEIOTARO PRO MARCELLO PRO LIGARIO PHILIPPICAE FRAGMENTS OF SPEECHES Rhetorical and Political Treatises DE INVENTIONE (About the Composition of Arguments) DE ORATORE AD QUINTUM FRATREM LIBRI TRES (On the Orator) DE PARTITIONIBUS ORATORIAE (About the Subdivisions of Oratory) DE OPTIMO GENERE ORATORUM (About the Best Kind of Orators) DE RE PUBLICA (On the Republic) BRUTUS (Short History of Orators) ORATOR AD M. BRUTUM (About the Orator) TOPICA (Topics of Argumentation) DE LEGIBUS (On the Laws) Philosophical Treatises PARADOXA STOICORUM (Stoic Paradoxes) ACADEMICA (The Academics) DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM (About the Ends of Goods and Evils) TUSCULANAE QUAESTIONES (Tusculum Disputations) DE NATURA DEORUM (On the Nature of the Gods) DE DIVINATIONE (On Divination) DE FATO (On Fate) CATO MAIOR DE SENECTUTE (On Old Age) LAELIUS DE AMICITIA (On Friendship) DE OFFICIIS (On Duties) Letters EPISTULAE AD ATTICUM (Letters to Atticus) EPISTULAE AD QUINTUM FRATREM (Letters to his brother Quintus) EPISTULAE AD BRUTUM (Letters to Brutus) EPISTULAE AD FAMILIARES (Letters to his friends) Poetry DE CONSULATU SUO (On Cicero’s Consulship) Spurious Works RHETORICA AD HERENNIUM (To the Tribune Publius Sulpicius Rufus) COMMENTARIOLUM PETITIONIS (Essay on Running for Consul) The Latin Texts LIST OF LATIN TEXTS The Biographies CICERO by Plutarch LIFE OF CICERO by Anthony Trollope CICERO by W. Lucas Collins ROMAN LIFE IN THE DAYS OF CICERO by Alfred John Church Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles




Delphi Complete Works of Olaf Stapledon (Illustrated)


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The English novelist and philosopher Olaf Stapledon wrote intriguing histories of the future, which served as a major influence on the development of the science fiction genre. His debut novel, ‘Last and First Men’, covers a history of 18 successive species of humanity, while his magnum opus ‘Star Maker’ provides an outline history of the Universe over two billion years. His works are highly acclaimed by figures as diverse as Brian Aldiss, Jorge Luis Borges, J. B. Priestley, Bertrand Russell, Algernon Blackwood, Arnold Bennett, Virginia Woolf, C. S. Lewis and Winston Churchill. Stapledon used his novels as vehicles to present complex and thought-provoking philosophical ideas, employing themes of antiquity to fashion a myth of the future. This comprehensive eBook presents Stapledon’s complete fictional 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 Stapledon’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * All 9 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels 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 Stapledon’s rare poetry collection * A wide selection of Stapledon’s non-fiction * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: the short story ‘The Man Who Became a Tree’ was first published in 2015 and so cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. CONTENTS: The Novels Last and First Men (1930) Last Men in London (1932) Odd John (1935) Star Maker (1937) Darkness and the Light (1942) Sirius (1944) Death into Life (1946) The Flames (1947) A Man Divided (1950) The Shorter Fiction The Short Stories of Olaf Stapledon The Poetry Latter-Day Psalms (1914) The Non-Fiction A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929) Waking World (1934) Youth and Tomorrow (1946) Interplanetary Man? (1948) 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