Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated‪)‬

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 2)



* 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, Dickens’ famous illustrator

* Includes Lever’s non-fiction satires

* Special criticism section, with two essays evaluating Lever’s 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

* UPDATED with corrections, structure improvements and NCX to feature



CONTENTS:



The Novels

THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER

DIARY AND NOTES OF HORACE TEMPLETON, ESQ.

CHARLES O’MALLEY: THE IRISH DRAGOON

OUR MESS: JACK HINTON, THE GUARDSMAN

OUR MESS: TOM BURKE OF “OURS”

ARTHUR O’LEARY

ST. PATRICK’S EVE

THE O’DONOGHUE

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 DAY’S RIDE

BARRINGTON

LUTTREL OF ARRAN

A RENT IN THE CLOUD

TONY BUTLER

SIR BROOK FOSSBROOKE

THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOP’S FOLLY

THAT BOY OF NORCOTT’S

LORD KILGOBBIN

GERALD FITZGERALD THE CHEVALIER



The Shorter Fiction

PAUL GOSSLETT’S CONFESSIONS IN LOVE, LAW, AND THE CIVIL SERVICE



The Non-Fiction

NUTS AND NUTCRACKERS

TALES OF THE TRAINS

CORNELIUS O’DOWD 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