Delphi Complete Works of Honore de Balzac (Illustrated) EPUB

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete Human Comedy of Honore de Balzac in English, with beautiful illustrations, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (28MB Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Balzac's life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other works
* The COMPLETE 'La ComEdie humaine' in English translation
* The whole series is precisely organised into Balzac's plan
* Includes Balzac's introduction AVANT-PROPOS
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Famous works such as FATHER GORIOT, COUSIN BETTY, THE MAGIC SKIN and many more are illustrated with their original artwork
* Balzac's five plays
* Criticism section, with seven essays by writers such as Henry James and Leslie Stephen, evaluating Balzac's contribution to literature
* Features five biographies - discover in depth Balzac's literary life!
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* Special CHARACTERS resource, with information on all members of the cast 'La Comedie humaine', with references to the novels and stories they appear in
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CONTENTS:
THE HUMAN COMEDY
THE HISTORY OF 'LA COM...DIE HUMAINE'
AVANT-PROPOS (PREFACE)
THE COMPLETE HUMAN COMEDY - OVER 110 NOVELS AND STORIES (too many to list)
The Short Stories
DROLL STORIES
THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE
The Plays
INTRODUCTION TO BALZAC'S DRAMAS by J. Walker McSpadden
VAUTRIN
THE RESOURCES OF QUINOLA
PAMELA GIRAUD
THE STEPMOTHER
MERCADET
RESOURCES
The Criticism
HONOR... DE BALZAC by Henry James
A LETTER, 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson
BALZAC by John Cowper Powys
BALZAC'S NOVELS by Leslie Stephen
BALZAC by William Ernest Henley
BALZAC AS A DRAMATIST by Epiphanius Wilson
THE NOVEL by D. H. Lawrence
The Biographies
HONOR... DE BALZAC by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet
HONOR... DE BALZAC, HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS by Mary F. Sandars
BALZAC AND MADAME HANSKA by Elbert Hubbard
BALZAC by Frederick Lawton
WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC by Juanita Helm Floyd
Glossary of Characters in 'La ComEdie humaine'
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