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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