Delphi Collected Works of Grant Allen (Illustrated)

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By Grant Allen

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The Canadian science writer and novelist, Grant Allen was an early proponent of the theory of evolution. His first books dealt with scientific subjects, being influenced by associationist psychology as expounded by Alexander Bain and by Herbert Spencer. However, as his career developed he became a bestselling novelist of the Victorian era, penning intriguing sensation and science-fiction books. This comprehensive eBook presents Allen's collected 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 Allen's life and works

  • Concise introductions to the novels and other texts

  • 19 novels, with individual contents tables

  • Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing

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

  • Excellent formatting of the texts

  • Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork

  • Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

  • Easily locate the short stories you want to read

  • Includes Allen's rare poetry collection 'The Lower Slopes' – available in no other collection

  • A wide selection of Allen's non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author's diverse areas of study

  • Features Edward Clodd's seminal memoir - discover Allen's literary life

  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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    CONTENTS:

    The Novels

    Philistia

    Babylon

    This Mortal Coil

    The White Man's Foot

    The Jaws of Death

    What's Bred in the Bone

    The Great Taboo

    Dumaresq's Daughter

    The Duchess of Powysland

    Recalled to Life

    Blood Royal

    Michael's Crag

    The Scallywag

    The Woman Who Did

    The British Barbarians

    A Splendid Sin

    Linnet

    Rosalba

    Hilda Wade

    The Shorter Fiction

    Strange Stories

    The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories

    Ivan Greet's Masterpiece and Other Stories

    Wednesday the Tenth

    An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

    Miss Cayley's Adventures

    Twelve Tales

    The Short Stories

    List of Short Stories in Chronological Order

    List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

    The Poetry

    The Lower Slopes

    The Non-Fiction

    The Colour-Sense: Its Origin and Development

    Anglo-Saxon Britain

    Evolutionist at Large

    Flowers and Their Pedigrees

    Biographies of Working Men

    Charles Darwin

    Force and Energy

    Falling in Love

    Science in Arcady

    Post-Prandial Philosophy

    The Mediterranean

    Moorland Idylls

    Florence

    Paris

    Cities of Belgium

    County and Town in England

    Flashlights on Nature

    Side Lights

    The Autobiography

    My First Book

    The Biography

    Grant Allen: A Memoir by Edward Clodd

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