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The Cherry Orchard: A comedy in four acts
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Inspired by experiences in Chekhov's own life, Cherry Orchard follows life of an aristocratic Russian woman and her family as they return to the family's estate. Written as a comedy and containing elements of farce, Stanislavski directed the play as a tragedy in Moscow. Since this initial production, many prominent directors of the world continue to stage this play, each interpreting the work differently.
Delphi Complete Works of Lucan (Illustrated)
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In spite of his short life, being forced to commit suicide by the Emperor Nero, Lucan created an epic poem that is now recognised as one of the crowning achievements of the Silver Age of Latin literature. The 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 the complete extant works of Lucan, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and a special dual Latin and English text. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lucan's life and works * Features the complete works of Lucan, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introduction to the epic poem * Provides both verse and prose translations of THE CIVIL WAR * Includes J. D. Duff’s celebrated prose translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucan – first time in digital publishing * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the poems or works you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the texts (Latin and Duff’s translation) section by section – ideal for students * Features two bonus biographies - explore Lucan'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: The Translations THE CIVIL WAR PROSE TRANSLATION by J. D. Duff VERSE TRANSLATION by Edward Ridley The Latin Text DE BELLO CIVILI The Dual Text DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXT The Biography INTRODUCTION TO LUCAN by J. D. Duff THE LIFE OF LUCAN by Suetonius Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Emma
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Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking. She greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.
Delphi Complete Works of Sallust (Illustrated)
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A political partisan of Julius Caesar, Sallust is the earliest Roman historian whose works have survived antiquity. The 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 the complete extant works of Sallust, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sallust's life and works * Features the complete works of Sallust, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introductions to the historical works * Includes all of J. C. Rolfe’s celebrated translations, which previously appeared in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Sallust’s works * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the works you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Sallust's rare fragments and apocryphal texts, first time in digital print * Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students * Features a bonus biography – discover Sallust'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: The Translations THE WAR WITH CATILINE THE WAR WITH JUGURTHA ORATIONS AND LETTERS FROM THE HISTORIES THE PSEUDO-SALLUSTIAN WORKS The Latin Texts LIST OF LATIN TEXTS The Dual Texts DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXTS The Biography THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SALLUST by J. C. Rolfe Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt (Illustrated)
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Credited with introducing the sonnet into English poetry, the lyrical poet Sir Thomas Wyatt was responsible for pioneering innovations in verse literature. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wyatt's life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Excellent formatting of the poems, with line numbers – ideal for students * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Wyatt's scarce letters - explore the poet's personal correspondence with his son, Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII * Also includes Wyatt’s rare Oration, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features two bonus biographies - discover Wyatt'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 Please also see our poetry collections of Sydney, Surrey and Spenser CONTENTS: The Poetry of Wyatt BRIEF INTRODUCTION: SIR THOMAS WYATT The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Letters THE LETTERS OF SIR THOMAS WYATT The Oration SIR THOMAS WYATT’S DEFENCE The Biographies SIR THOMAS WYATT by Sidney Lee THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS WYATT by Charles Cowden Clarke Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
A Tale of Two Cities: A Story of the French Revolution
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The novel follows several characters including Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife.
A Study in Scarlet: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel introducing Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, who became one of the most famous literary detective characters. Sherlock Holmes describes the story's murder investigation as his 'study in scarlet'.
Delphi Complete Works of John Webster (Illustrated)
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The macabre plays of the Jacobean dramatist John Webster still retain the same raw power to shock audiences today, with his ‘The White Devil’ and ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ being widely recognised as masterpieces of seventeenth century theatre. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents Webster’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Webster’s life and works * Concise introductions to the plays and other texts * ALL 11 plays, with many rare texts * Also includes the rare spurious plays, first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original Jacobean texts * Excellent formatting of the plays * Easily locate the scenes or acts you want to read with special contents tables * Includes Webster’s complete poetry and other works - spend hours exploring the author’s works * Special criticism section, with three essays evaluating Webster’s contribution to Jacobean 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 Plays SIR THOMAS WYATT WESTWARD HO NORTHWARD HO THE WHITE DEVIL THE DUCHESS OF MALFI THE DEVIL’S LAW-CASE ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE A CURE FOR A CUCKOLD MONUMENTS OF HONOUR THE FAIR MAID OF THE INN APPIUS AND VIRGINIA The Disputed Plays THE THRACIAN WONDER THE WEAKEST GOETH TO THE WALL The Other Works TO MY KIND FRIEND, MA. AN. MUNDY ODE PREFIXED TO STEPEHN HARRISON’S ‘ARCHES OF TRIUMPH’, 1604 INDUCTION AND ADDITIONS TO THE 3RD EDITION OF MARSTONS ‘THE MALCONTENT’, 1604 TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND, MASTER THOMAS HEYWOOD A MONUMENTAL COLUMN NEW CHARACTERS TO HIS INDUSTRIOUS FRIEND, MASTER HENRY COCKERAM VERSES ACCOMPANYING THE PORTRAIT ENGRAVING OF ‘THE PROGENY OF THE MOST RENOWNED PRINCE JAMES’ c.1633 The Criticism INTRODUCTION TO JOHN WEBSTER by William Hazlitt JOHN WEBSTER by Algernon Charles Swinburne THE THIRD DRAMATIC PERIOD by George Saintsbury Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
The Black Monk and Other Stories
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A psychologically thrilling tale, The Black Monk delves into the murky region between fantasy and reality and asks what separates self-confidence from self-delusion. Our protagonist Andrei Kovrin, a brilliant scholar who takes a leave of absence from academia due to stress, and recuperates at the house of his former guardian Pesotsky. He grows close to Pesotsky’s daughter Tatiana as they tend the orchard together. Kovrin enjoys taking long walks in the garden, and one night he sees a dark, spectral figure and realizes that it is the black monk, whose legend he had just told Tatiana. Upon seeing the monk, Kovrin feels radiant and inspired, and asks for Tania’s hand in marriage. As his romance progresses, Kovrin continues to meet and talk with the monk in the garden. The monk tells him that he is one of God’s chosen, but soon after Kovrin's health begins to deteriorate.
Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales
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Little Red Riding Hood, a French fairy tale about a young girl and a big bad wolf and thirty three other European tales are featured in this volume of Grimm's tales. Little Red Riding Hood story follows a mean wolf that wants to eat the little girl but is afraid to do so in public. He secretly stalks her behind trees, bushes, and patches of tall grass. He approaches Little Red Riding Hood and she na?vely tells him where she is going.
The Pickwick Papers
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This is a Sovereign Classic bicentennial edition of Dickens’ novel which revolutionised fiction writing of the time through its potent narrative depicting contemporary London life. The story is a sequence of adventures. The novel's main character, Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, and the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. To extend his researches into the quaint and curious phenomena of life, he suggests that he and three other Pickwickians should make journeys to remote places from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club.
Flower Fables
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The summer moon shone brightly down upon the sleeping earth, while far away from mortal eyes danced the Fairy folk. Fire-flies hung in bright clusters on the dewy leaves, that waved in the cool night-wind; and the flowers stood gazing, in very wonder, at the little Elves, who lay among the fern-leaves, swung in the vine-boughs, sailed on the lake in lily cups, or danced on the mossy ground, to the music of the hare-bells, who rung out their merriest peal in honor of the night.
The Surprising Adventures of Puss in Boots
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A beautifully illustrated story of a crafty, boots wearing cat named Puss, and how he made a fortune for his young, not very rich master, and made friends with a great Monarch, Marquis Carabas.
Anne's House of Dreams
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Anne’s House of Dreams begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first home together, which Anne calls their house of dreams. This book follows Anne from the age of 25 to 27.
Headlong Hall
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A group of eccentrics is gathered, each with a single monomaniacal obsession, and derives humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations.
The Idiot
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The Idiot, one of Dostoyevsky's finest and most brilliant literary achievements of the Golden Age of Russian literature.
Father Goriot
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Balzac's masterpiece novel follows lives of three central characters: the law student Eugene de Rastignac, a mysterious agitator named Vautrin, and an elderly retired vermicelli-maker named Jean-Joachim Goriot. The old man is ridiculed frequently by the other boarders, who soon learn that he has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters.
Villette
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Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where she is unwillingly pulled into both adventure and romance.
The Age of Innocence
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Wharton's finest work which won her the Pulitzer Prize for literature. It tells a story of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Ethan Frome
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A classic of American Literature and a powerful story taking place against the cold, gray, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome is trying to run a farm while also tending to his frigid, demanding and ungrateful wife Zeena. A ray of hope enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to help. His life is transformed as he falls in love Mattie but their fate is doomed by the stifling conventions of the time.
Doctor Thorne
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Doctor Thorne begins to establish a medical practice, while Henry seduces Mary Scatcherd, the sister of stonemason Roger Scatcherd. When Scatcherd finds out that Mary has become pregnant, he seeks out Henry and, in the ensuing fight, kills him.
