Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

* Concise and informative overview of Tchaikovsky’s masterworks
* Learn about the classical pieces that made Tchaikovsky a celebrated composer
* Links to popular streaming services (free and paid), allowing you to listen to the masterpieces you are reading about
* Features a special ‘Complete Compositions’ section, with an index of Tchaikovsky’s complete works and links to popular streaming services
* Also features two biographies – explore Tchaikovsky’s intriguing musical and personal life
* Includes Tchaikovsky’s brother seminal biography, including the composer’s letters – spend hours exploring Tchaikovsky’s personal correspondence

CONTENTS:

The Masterworks
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13
Six Romances, Op. 6
Romeo and Juliet, TH 42
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23
Swan Lake, Op. 20
The Seasons, Op. 37a
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
12 Morceaux, Op. 40
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
1812 Overture, Op. 49
Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74

Complete Compositions
Index of Tchaikovsky’s Compositions

The Biographies and Letters
The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky by Modeste Tchaikovsky
Brief Biography: Peter Ilich Tschaikovsky

Alexander Pushkin – Parts Edition

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Contents:

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1, Short Poems
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 2, The Fountain of Bakhchisaray
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 3, The Gipsies
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 4, Poltava
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 5, The Bronze Horseman
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 6, Ruslan and Lyudmila
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 7, Eugene Onegin
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 8, Peter the Great’s Negro
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 9, Marie
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 10, The Shot
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 11, The Snowstorm
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 12, The Undertaker
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 13, The Postmaster
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 14, Mistress into Maid
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 15, The Queen of Spades
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 16, Kirdjali
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 17, The Captain’s Daughter
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 18, Egyptian Nights
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 19, Dubrovsky
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 20, Boris Godunov
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 21, The Stone Guest
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 22, Mozart and Salieri
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 23, The Criticism
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 24, A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin by Henry Spalding

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Alexander Pushkin

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Pushkin’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* A rich selection of Pushkin’s greatest poems, many appearing for the first time in digital print
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Almost the complete short fiction, including the famous ‘Queen of Spades’, as well as rare short stories appearing for the first time in digital print
* Rare plays, with contents tables
* Special criticism section, with three essays evaluating Pushkin’s contribution to literature
* Features a bonus biography – discover Pushkin’s literary life
* new NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip to the next or previous poem, chapter or short story easily using the Kindle’s 5-way controller
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Poetry
SHORT POEMS
THE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHISARAY
THE GIPSIES
POLTAVA
THE BRONZE HORSEMAN
RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Verse Novel
EUGENE ONEGIN

The Short Stories and Unfinished Novels
PETER THE GREAT’S NEGRO
MARIE
THE SHOT
THE SNOWSTORM
THE UNDERTAKER
THE POSTMASTER
MISTRESS INTO MAID
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
KIRDJALI
THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER
EGYPTIAN NIGHTS
DUBROVSKY

The Plays
BORIS GODUNOV
THE STONE GUEST
MOZART AND SALIERI

The Criticism
THE ROMANTIC POETS: POUSHKIN by Rosa Newmarch
POUSHKIN: HIS WORKS by Rosa Newmarch
LECTURES ON RUSSIAN LITERATURE: PUSHKIN by Ivan Panin

The Biography
A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN by Henry Spalding

Edward Bulwer-Lytton – Parts Edition

Contents:

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 01, FALKLAND

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 02, PELHAM

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 03, THE DISOWNED

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 04, DEVEREUX

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 05, PAUL CLIFFORD

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 06, EUGENE ARAM

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 07, GODOLPHIN

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 08, THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 09, THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 10, RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE ROMAN TRIBUNES

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 11, ERNEST MALTRAVERS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 12, ALICE

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 13, LEILA

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 14, CALDERON, THE COURTIER

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 15, ZICCI

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 16, NIGHT AND MORNING

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 17, ZANONI

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 18, THE LAST OF THE BARONS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 19, LUCRETIA

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 20, HAROLD, THE LAST OF THE SAXONS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 21, THE CAXTONS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 22, MY NOVEL

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 23, WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 24, A STRANGE STORY

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 25, THE COMING RACE

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 26, KENELM CHILLINGLY

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 27, THE PARISIENS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 28, PAUSANIAS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 29, LIONEL HASTINGS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 30, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNIGHT’S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 31, THE STUDENT

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 32, TALES FROM MISCELLANEOUS PERIODICALS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 33, THE LADY OF LYONS

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 34, THE POETRY

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 35, ATHENS ITS RISE AND FALL

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 36, THE FALLEN STAR

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 37, A DISSERTATION ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 38, TOMLINSONIANA

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON 39, LORD LYTTON A BIOGRAPHY by Thompson Cooper

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Emile Zola – Parts Edition

Contents:

EMILE ZOLA 1, Claude’s Confession
EMILE ZOLA 2, The Dead Woman’s Wish
EMILE ZOLA 3, The Mystery of Marseille
EMILE ZOLA 4, Therese Raquin
EMILE ZOLA 5, Madeleine Ferat
EMILE ZOLA 6, The Fortune of the Rougons
EMILE ZOLA 7, The Rush for the Spoil
EMILE ZOLA 8, The Fat and the Thin
EMILE ZOLA 9, The Conquest of Plassans
EMILE ZOLA 10, Abbe Mouret’s Transgression
EMILE ZOLA 11, His Excellency Eugene Rougon
EMILE ZOLA 12, The Dram Shop
EMILE ZOLA 13, A Love Episode
EMILE ZOLA 14, Nana
EMILE ZOLA 15, Piping Hot
EMILE ZOLA 16, The Ladies’ Paradise
EMILE ZOLA 17, The Joy of Life
EMILE ZOLA 18, Germinal
EMILE ZOLA 19, His Masterpiece
EMILE ZOLA 20, The Soil
EMILE ZOLA 21, The Dream
EMILE ZOLA 22, The Monomaniac
EMILE ZOLA 23, Money
EMILE ZOLA 24, The Downfall
EMILE ZOLA 25, Doctor Pascal
EMILE ZOLA 26, Lourdes
EMILE ZOLA 27, Rome
EMILE ZOLA 28, Paris
EMILE ZOLA 29, Fruitfulness
EMILE ZOLA 30, Work
EMILE ZOLA 31, Truth
EMILE ZOLA 32, Stories for Ninon
EMILE ZOLA 33, New Stories for Ninon
EMILE ZOLA 34, The Attack on the Mill
EMILE ZOLA 35, Miscellaneous Stories
EMILE ZOLA 36, I Accuse…!
EMILE ZOLA 37, The Criticism
EMILE ZOLA 38, With Zola in England by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
EMILE ZOLA 39, Émile Zola: Novelist and Reformer by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
EMILE ZOLA 40, The Rougon-Macquart Family Tree
EMILE ZOLA 41, Index of Characters in the Rougon-Macquart Series
EMILE ZOLA 42, Index of Locations in the Rougon-Macquart Series

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Bastille Day

Bastille Day

Celebrate the Best of French Literature and Art at Delphi Classics with Buy One Get One Free on all French themed eBooks, Videos and Audiobooks (excl. Parts Editions). Offer expires 09:00 (GMT-7) Monday 17th July and excludes the current summer promotion coupon.

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Free French eBooks

Challenge yourself this Bastille Day to read a French classic…  Below are some free downloads for you to read over the summer!

The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas (ePub / Kindle)

Fadette by George Sand (ePub / Kindle)

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (ePub / Kindle)

Germinal by Émile Zola (ePub / Kindle)

The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet (ePub / Kindle)

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (ePub / Kindle)

Dawn by Romain Rolland (ePub / Kindle)

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust (ePub / Kindle)

“Bonne Fete Nationale!” to all our readers!

Émile Zola

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Zola’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other works
* The complete Rougon-Macquart cycle, as well as all the other novels and series
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The complete short stores
* Includes Zola’s famous ‘J’accuse!’, with explanatory introduction
* Special criticism section, with essays by famous writers such as Henry James and James Joyce, evaluating Zola’s contribution to literature
* Features two bonus biographies by Zola’s English translator
* Special resources section, with the detailed listing of the Rougon-Macquart family tree, as well as an index of the main characters and locations in the twenty-novel series
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
* UPDATED with improved texts and Vizetelly’s seminal biography

CONTENTS:

The Early Novels
Claude’s Confession (1865)
The Dead Woman’s Wish (1866)
The Mystery of Marseille (1867)
Therese Raquin (1867)
Madeleine Ferat (1868)

The Rougon-Macquart Cycle
The Fortune of the Rougons (1871)
The Rush for the Spoil (1871)
The Fat and the Thin (1873)
The Conquest of Plassans (1874)
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression (1875)
His Excellency Eugene Rougon (1876)
The Dram Shop (1877)
A Love Episode (1878)
Nana (1880)
Piping Hot (1882)
The Ladies’ Paradise (1883)
The Joy of Life (1884)
Germinal (1885)
His Masterpiece (1886)
The Soil (1887)
The Dream (1888)
The Monomaniac (1890)
Money (1891)
The Downfall (1892)
Doctor Pascal (1893)

The Three Cities
Lourdes (1894)
Rome (1896)
Paris (1898)

The Four Gospels
Fruitfulness (1899)
Work (1901)
Truth (1903)

The Short Stories
Stories for Ninon (1864)
New Stories for Ninon (1874)
The Attack on the Mill (1880)
Miscellaneous Stories

J’Accuse !
I Accuse…! (1898)

The Criticism
M. Zola (1892) by Arthur Quiller-Couch
An Extract from ‘My Literary Passions’ (1895) by William Dean Howells
Zola (1898) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Émile Zola (1902) by William Dean Howells
Borlase and Son (1903) by James Joyce
Émile Zola (1903) by Henry James
The Zola Controversy (1915) by G. K. Chesterton

The Biographies
With Zola in England (1899) by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Émile Zola: Novelist and Reformer (1904) by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

Resources
The Rougon-Macquart Family Tree
Index of Characters in the Rougon-Macquart Series
Index of Locations in the Rougon-Macquart Series

Christmas Quiz 2022

Delphi Christmas Competition 2022

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We are delighted to announce the winners of our festive quiz for classic book and art lovers; thank you to everyone for taking part! We hope you enjoyed the quiz and please feel free to share feedback regarding the quiz here.

WINNER OF TOP PRIZE OF $100 GIFT CARD:

Andrew Coleman, Hampshire, UK

TWO RUNNER UP PRIZES OF $25 GIFT CARD:

Joe Blanda, Austin TX
and

Joan Torrents i Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia

The winners will receive their Gift Cards shortly; congratulations!

 

ANSWERS

 

ROUND 1: Abbreviated Bibliographies

 

1, TI; TBA; PO; TSCODJAMH; K; TMOB; TWB … :
Robert Louis Stevenson
2, SP; M; S; TSATF; AILD; S; LIA; P. :
William Faulkner
3, WAFTT; TLJ; ARWAV; HE; APTI; M.:
E. M. Forster
4, M; LW; GW; AOFG; LM; W; EC; RIB…:
Louisa May Alcott
5, TGA; TAOTS; TPATP; AOHF; ACYIKAC; TAC; TSA…:
Mark Twain
6, APOTAAAYM; U; FW; SH.:
James Joyce
7, JE; S; V; TP; E.:
Charlotte Brontë
8, C; B; Y; FH; TC; WAP; AK…:
Leo Tolstoy

ROUND 2: Literary Firsts

 

Book 1
A Christmas Carol

Book 2
The Great Gatsby

Book 3
Vile Bodies

Book 4
The Jungle Book

Book 5
Mrs Dalloway

Book 6
The Last Chronicle of Barset

Book 7
The Old Man and the Sea

Book 8
Madame Bovary

 

ROUND 3: Name the artist

 

Painting 1
Michelangelo

Painting 2
Rembrandt

Painting 3
Kazimir Malevich

Painting 4

Auguste Renoir

Painting 5
John Singer Sargent

Painting 6
Titian

Painting 7

Eugène Delacroix

Painting 8

Paul Klee

Painting 9

Thomas Gainsborough

Painting 10

John William Waterhouse

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Masters of Art Super Set

Please note: as this is an ongoing series, when future releases are made, you will need to purchase the new titles separately if you have already purchased this Super Set.

Please note: due to the large digital content of this Super Set, we can offer no refunds or exchanges for incorrect orders.

Included eBooks in the Super Set:

Thomas Hood

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hood’s life and works
* Concise introduction to the life and poetry of Thomas Hood
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* The texts are taken from the Oxford University Press edition of Hood’s Complete Poetical Works, edited by Walter Jerrold
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Includes Hood’s rare Juvenilia text ‘The Bandit’
* Features a bonus biography – discover Hood’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Life and Poetry of Thomas Hood
BRIEF INTRODUCTION: THOMAS HOOD
ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE (1825)
WHIMS AND ODDITIES. FIRST SERIES (1826)
WHIMS AND ODDITIES. SECOND SERIES (1827)
THE PLEA OF THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES, HERO AND LEANDER, LYCUS THE CENTAUR, AND OTHER POEMS (1827)
THE EPPING HUNT (1829)
COMIC MELODIES (1830)
THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM, THE MURDERER
VERSES FROM TYLNEY HALL (1834)
HOOD’S OWN: OR, LAUGHTER YEAR TO YEAR (1839)
POEMS FROM ‘UP THE RHINE’ (1840)
WHIMSICALITIES: A PERIODICAL GATHERING (1844)
MISCELLANEOUS UNCOLLECTED POEMS (1821-1845)
JUVENILIA
APPENDIX: J. H. REYNOLDS’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ‘ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE’ (1825)

The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Biography
BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS HOOD by William Michael Rossetti