Delphi Collected Works of John Cowper Powys (Illustrated‪)‬

Regarded as a successor to Thomas Hardy, John Cowper Powys was a Welsh novelist and essayist, known chiefly for his long panoramic novels, including the masterpieces ‘Wolf Solent’ and ‘A Glastonbury Romance’. In his series of ‘Wessex Novels’, landscape plays a principal role, as does the elemental philosophy of his intriguing characters’ lives. He also wrote a critically acclaimed series of ‘Welsh Novels’, noted for their rich mythological and fantasy elements. This eBook presents Powys’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Powys’ life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 11 novels in the US public domain, with individual contents tables
* 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
* Rare short stories available in no other collection
* Includes Powys’ rare poetry collection
* Seminal non-fiction
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, five novels, several short stories and two non-fiction works cannot appear in this edition. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update.

CONTENTS:

A Wessex Novel
Wolf Solent (1929)

The Welsh Novels
Morwyn (1937)
Owen Glendower (1941)
Porius (1951)

Other Novels
Wood and Stone (1915)
Rodmoor (1916)
Ducdame (1925)
Atlantis (1954)
The Brazen Head (1956)
Homer and the Aether (1959)
All or Nothing (1960)

The Shorter Fiction
The Owl, The Duck, and – Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe! (1930)
Up and Out (1957)

The Poetry Collection
Mandragora (1917)

The Non-Fiction
Visions and Revisions (1915)
Confessions of Two Brothers (1916)
Suspended Judgements (1916)
One Hundred Best Books (1916)
The Complex Vision (1920)