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Delphi Complete Works of E. W. Hornung

Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

Famous for his A. J. Raffles series of detective stories, E. W. Hornung wrote novels and short stories that explored scientific and medical developments, commenting on important themes of guilt, class and the unequal role of women in society. This comprehensive eBook presents Hornung’s complete 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 Hornung’s life and works Concise introductions to the major works Famous works in the Raffles series are illustrated with their original artwork Includes the complete Raffles stories, with a special Raffles table of contents All 20 novels, with individual contents tables Includes rare novels, appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including THE ROGUE’S MARCH and THE UNBIDDEN GUEST Features rare short stories from various Edwardian periodicals 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 short stories Easily locate the short stories you want to read Includes Hornung’s rare war poetry – available in no other collection* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: no known copies of ‘Trusty and Well Beloved’, the dramatisation of ‘Raffles’ and several short stories are available at the time of this collection’s publication. As soon as we are able to locate a copy of these scarce works, they will be added to the collection as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
The A. J. Raffles Series
The NovelsA BRIDE FROM THE BUSHTINY LUTTRELLTHE BOSS OF TAROOMBATHE UNBIDDEN GUESTIRRALIE’S BUSHRANGERTHE ROGUE’S MARCHMY LORD DUKEYOUNG BLOODDEAD MEN TELL NO TALESTHE BELLE OF TOORAKPECCAVIAT LARGETHE SHADOW OF THE ROPEDENIS DENTNO HEROMR. JUSTICE RAFFLESTHE CAMERA FIENDFATHERS OF MENTHE THOUSANDTH WOMANWITCHING HILL
The Short Story CollectionsUNDER TWO SKIESSOME PERSONS UNKNOWNTHE AMATEUR CRACKSMANTHE BLACK MASKSTINGAREEA THIEF IN THE NIGHTTHE CRIME DOCTOROLD OFFENDERS AND A FEW OLD SCORES
The Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The PoetryTHE YOUNG GUARD
The Non-FictionNOTES OF A CAMP-FOLLOWER ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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