Book Description

For the first in digital publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete novels of the Spanish master Miguel de Cervantes, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cervantes’ life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All four novels, with individual contents tables * LA GALATEA and PERSILES are available in other collection * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Both parts of the famous DON QUIXOTE are fully illustrated with Gustave Doré’s celebrated artwork * Includes Cervantes’ complete works in the original Spanish – ideal for students * Special criticism section, with essays and interesting extracts evaluating Cervantes’ contribution to literature * Features a bonus biography – discover Cervantes’ literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: no known translations of Cervantes’ plays or poetry are available in the public domain and so they are unable to appear in the collection. To compensate for this, the Spanish works are included. CONTENTS: The Novels LA GALATEA THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA THE SECOND PART OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA THE WANDERINGS OF PERSILES AND SIGISMUNDA The Short Stories THE EXEMPLARY NOVELS The Spanish Texts LIST OF CERVANTES’ WORKS The Criticism A LECTURE ON ‘DON QUIXOTE’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge CERVANTES by William Dean Howells An Extract from ‘THE BODY OF THE NATION’ by Mark Twain An Extract from ‘HUMOUR’ by G. K. Chesterton An Extract from ‘READING’ by Virginia Woolf The Biography CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE by John Ormsby Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles