The book features a series of vignettes about notable writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman, among others. Fields recounts his experiences with these literary giants, capturing their quirks, struggles, and triumphs. His portrayals highlight not only their literary contributions but also their humanity, revealing the complexities and challenges they faced in their creative endeavors.In addition to celebrating these authors, Fields reflects on the literary cu...

In "Yesterdays with Authors,'Äù James Thomas Fields presents a rich tapestry of literary anecdotes and reflections that illuminate the lives of prominent 19th-century authors. Through a blend of autobiographical narrative and biographical sketches, Fields employs an engaging conversational style that invites readers into the intimate world of writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. This collection not only serves as a window into the literary circles of the time but also c...

In tribute to the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, Delphi Classics is pleased to introduce Dickensiana, a first of its kind e-compilation of period accounts of Dickens’s life and works, rare 19th and early 20th century books and articles about Dickens and Dickensian locales, reminiscences by family, friends and colleagues, tribute poems, parodies, satires and sequels based on his works and much more, spiced with an abundance of vintage images. Delphi looks forward to publishin...

Great Expectations is Dickens's great novel of moral education, social aspiration, and disappointed desire, tracing the orphan Pip from the Kent marshes to the uneasy refinements of London society. Written in Dickens's mature style, it combines Gothic atmosphere, comic vitality, psychological subtlety, and sharp social satire. The illustrated edition restores attention to the novel's visual imagination: fog, firelight, decaying interiors, and theatrical encounters become part of its moral ...

This file includes: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839, Poems (1844), Records of a Girlhood, Records of Later Life, and Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883. According to Wikipedia: "Frances Anne Kemble (27 November 1809 - 15 January 1893), was a famous British actress and author in the early and mid nineteenth century… In 1834, she retired from the stage to marry an American, Pierce Butler, grandson of the Founding Father Pierce Butler, and heir to...

Such has been the rapidity of the demand for successive impressions of this book, that I have found it impossible, until now, to correct at pages 31, 87, and 97 three errors of statement made in the former editions; and some few Other mistakes, not in themselves important, at pages 96, 101, and 102. I take the opportunity of adding that the mention at p. 83 is not an allusion to the well-known "Penny" and "Saturday" Magazines, but to weekly periodicals of some years' earlier date resemblin...

Classic biography, first published in 1866. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English/Welsh essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English literature, and his influence on the English essay form surely cannot be overes...

Set between London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is Dickens's great historical novel of social upheaval, sacrifice, and moral resurrection. Its famous opening antitheses announce a work shaped by contrasts: aristocratic cruelty and popular vengeance, private tenderness and public violence, despair and redemption. In a style at once melodramatic, symbolic, and powerfully cinematic, Dickens fuses domestic fiction with revolutionary history, drawing o...

Charles John Huffam Dickens, English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

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This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Charles Dickens’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Dickens includes original a...