With 100 illustrations by Gustave Dore, 9 by Michelangelo, 8 by Raphael, 4 by Leonardo da Vinci, 3 by Titian, 2 by Artemisia Lomi, 2 by Agnese Dolci, and one each by Jacopo Bellini, Gabriel Max, Questin Massys, Fra Angelica, Schongauer, Correggio, Durer, Bodenhausen, Vivarini, Murillo, Albert Keller, Elisabetta Sirani, and Mary Tibaldi Sublegras. The tables of contents link to every chapter of every book. According to Wikipedia: "The Authorized King James Version is an English translation ...

"The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled "the first modern novel" and is sometimes considered the best literary work ever written. The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alons...

Honoré de Balzac's 'Premium Collection' is a comprehensive anthology of some of his most renowned works, showcasing the author's unique blend of realism and romanticism. Balzac's intricate narratives delve deep into the complexities of human nature and social structures, offering a vivid portrayal of 19th-century France. His rich prose and detailed character development make his stories captivating and thought-provoking, setting him apart as a master of the literary genre known as the 'Com...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Coleridge's haunting ballad of transgression, punishment, and spiritual awakening, following a mariner whose thoughtless killing of the albatross draws him into supernatural desolation. In this Complete Illustrated Edition, the poem's archaic diction, hypnotic refrains, and visionary imagery are especially vivid, placing it firmly within Romanticism's fascination with nature, guilt, and the sublime while preserving the force of oral legend. Samuel Taylor ...

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated Edition) gathers the tales, poems, essays, and criticism through which Poe reshaped nineteenth-century literature. From the psychological terror of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" to the ratiocinative brilliance of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and the musical melancholy of "The Raven," the volume reveals Poe's mastery of atmosphere, compression, and symbolic design. The illustrations deepen the Gothic intensit...

New edition for kindle with original illustrations based on wood engravings by Gustave Doré, restored, enhanced and coloured in a brilliant deep blue tint.Download the free sample or "look inside" to give it a try.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions ...

This expansive illustrated collection gathers Poe's major short fiction, novel-length experiments, poems, essays, letters, and biographical materials, offering a panoramic view of his achievement. From tales of ratiocination and gothic terror to lyric meditations on beauty, loss, and the uncanny, the volume reveals Poe's precision of structure, musical prose, and psychological intensity. It situates him at the crossroads of American Romanticism, dark fantasy, detective fiction, and modern ...

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect in which it is w...

Dante's Divine Comedy is regarded as a masterpiece of medieval literature, telling the story of Dante's descent into hell, his journey through purgatory and eventual ascent into heaven, with Virgil as his guide.The tale's profound Christian message and detailed social and political commentary of fourteenth century Italy weave a rich tapestry of interpretation, meaning and symbolism. From the pilgrim's deepening insight into the workings of evil and moral c...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Coleridge's visionary ballad of transgression, suffering, and spiritual awakening, in which a mariner's killing of the albatross unleashes a voyage through supernatural terror and moral revelation. First published in Lyrical Ballads (1798), the poem helped inaugurate English Romanticism, blending archaic diction, folk-ballad rhythms, Christian symbolism, and gothic intensity. In an illustrated edition, its phantasmagoric seascapes, spectral ship, and lumi...

According to Wikipedia: "Durante degli Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called "Commedia" and later called "Divina" (divine) by Boccaccio hence "Divina Commedia"), is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature." ... Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 January 23, 1883) was a French artist, printmaker...

126 black and white illustrations (engravings) together with the text of the poem. According to Wikipedia: ""Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 January 23, 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving… At the age of fifteen Doré began his career working as a caricaturist for the French paper Le Journal pour rire, and subsequently went on to win commissions to depict scenes from books by Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and Dante... In ...