Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)

Miguel de Cervantes

nov 2013 · Series Four Libro 5 · Delphi Classics

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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

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