Delphi Complete Works of Marie Corelli (Illustrated)

The English novelist and mystic Marie Corelli enjoyed an immensely successful career, her novels selling more copies than her popular contemporaries, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells and Rudyard Kipling. Her sensation, romance and fantasy novels were eagerly devoured by millions across the world and her admirers ranged from Queen Victoria and Gladstone to the poorest citizens. Today her novels have been largely ignored by critics, though during the height of her success she was the best selling and most highly paid author in England. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Corelli’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

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

* Concise introductions to the major novels

* All 23 novels, with individual contents tables

* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Wormwood’, ‘Barabbas’, ‘Holy Orders’ and many more

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

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Rare story collections available in no other eBook

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

* Easily locate the short stories you want to read

* A selection of non-fiction

* Includes Bertha Vyver’s memoir on her close friend — first time in digital print — discover Corelli’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres