Delphi Collected Works of William Harrison Ainsworth (Illustrated)

William Harrison Ainsworth

apr. 2015 · Series Five Bok 20 · Delphi Classics

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The friend and rival of Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth was a prolific historical novelist, whose works helped changed the course of Victorian literature. This comprehensive eBook presents the largest collection of Ainsworth’s works ever compiled in a single edition, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ainsworth’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels

* 23 novels, with individual contents tables

* Many rare novels appearing in digital print for the first time, including Ainsworth’s first novel SIR JOHN CHIVERTON, available nowhere else

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Many novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Includes Ainsworth’s ballads and early short stories

* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read

* Features a brief biography

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

* UPDATED with three novels (‘Cardinal Pole’; ‘The Constable de Bourbon’; ‘Chetwynd Calverley’), two short stories and improved texts

CONTENTS:

The Novels

Sir John Chiverton (1826)

Rookwood (1834)

Jack Sheppard (1839)

The Tower of London (1840)

Guy Fawkes (1840)

Old St Paul’s (1841)

The Miser’s Daughter (1842)

Windsor Castle (1842)

The Lancashire Witches (1849)

Auriol (1850)

The Star-Chamber (1854)

The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe (1858)

Ovingdean Grange (1860)

Cardinal Pole (1863)

The Constable de Bourbon (1866)

Talbot Harland (1870)

Tower Hill (1871)

Boscobel (1871)

The Good Old Times (1873)

Preston Fight (1875)

The Leaguer of Lathom (1876)

Chetwynd Calverley (1876)

Stanley Brereton (1881)

The Shorter Fiction

The Spectre Bride (1821)

December Tales (1823)

A Night’s Adventure in Rome (1850)

The Old London Merchant (1850)

The Poetry

Ballads (1855)

The Biography

Short Biography: William Harrison Ainsworth (1900) by Stewart Marsh Ellis

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