Regarded by Dickens at one time as a dangerous rival, Lever and his works have sadly suffered obscurity in recent times, though he was one of the most promising novelists of the Victorian era. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Charles Lever, with hundreds of illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lever's life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 29 novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the novels were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Almost ALL of the novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork, including the famous HARRY LORREQUER
* Hundreds of illustrations by Phiz, Dickensí famous illustrator
* Includes Lever's non-fiction satires
* Special criticism section, with two essays evaluating Leverís contribution to literature
* Features the detailed biography by Edmund Downey - discover Lever's literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
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CONTENTS:
The Novels
THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER
DIARY AND NOTES OF HORACE TEMPLETON, ESQ.
CHARLES OíMALLEY: THE IRISH DRAGOON
OUR MESS: JACK HINTON, THE GUARDSMAN
OUR MESS: TOM BURKE OF ìOURSî
ARTHUR OíLEARY
ST. PATRICKíS EVE
THE OíDONOGHUE
THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE
THE MARTINS OF CRO-MARTIN
THE CONFESSIONS OF CON CREGAN
ROLAND CASHEL
THE DALTONS
MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD
SIR JASPER CAREW. HIS LIFE AND EXPERIENCE
THE FORTUNES OF GLENCORE
DAVENPORT DUNN
ONE OF THEM
A DAYíS RIDE
BARRINGTON
LUTTREL OF ARRAN
A RENT IN THE CLOUD
TONY BUTLER
SIR BROOK FOSSBROOKE
THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOPíS FOLLY
THAT BOY OF NORCOTTíS
LORD KILGOBBIN
GERALD FITZGERALD THE CHEVALIER
The Shorter Fiction
PAUL GOSSLETTíS CONFESSIONS IN LOVE, LAW, AND THE CIVIL SERVICE
The Non-Fiction
NUTS AND NUTCRACKERS
TALES OF THE TRAINS
CORNELIUS OíDOWD UPON MEN AND WOMEN AND OTHER THINGS IN GENERAL
The Criticism
LEVER by William Ernest Henley
CHARLES LEVER: HIS BOOKS, ADVENTURES AND MISFORTUNES by Andrew Lang
The Biography
CHARLES LEVER, HIS LIFE IN HIS LETTERS by Edmund Downey
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