Delphi Complete Works of Ernest Bramah

by Ernest Bramah

The humorous works of Ernest Bramah were as popular as the contemporary tales of Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, while Bramah’s detective stories were published beside the Sherlock Holmes stories and his politico-science fiction was often compared with the works of H. G. Wells. Bramah was a literary recluse, yet his innovative Kai Lung and Max Carrados stories continue to foster interest in this otherwise neglected Edwardian author. This comprehensive eBook presents Bramah’s complete fictional 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 Bramah’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All the novels and story collections, with individual contents tables
* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including A LITTLE FLUTTER
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Rare Kai Lung stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: a few rare Kai Lung stories were published more recently and so cannot appear in this title due to copyright. When new texts enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.

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CONTENTS:

The Kai Lung Books
THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG (1900)
KAI LUNG’S GOLDEN HOURS (1922)
KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (1928)
THE MOON OF MUCH GLADNESS
KAI LUNG BENEATH THE MULBERRY TREE (1940)
MISCELLANEOUS KAI LUNG STORIES

The Max Carrados Books
MAX CARRADOS (1914)
THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (1923)
MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES (1927)
THE BRAVO OF LONDON (1934)

Other Fiction
THE MIRROR OF KONG HO (1905)
THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE (1907)
THE SPECIMEN CASE (1924)
A LITTLE FLUTTER (1930)

The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

3568 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2017

About the author

Bramah was a reclusive soul, who shared few details of his private life with his reading public. His full name was Ernest Bramah Smith. It is known that he dropped out of Manchester Grammar School at the age of 16, after displaying poor aptitude as a student and thereafter went into farming, and began writing vignettes for the local newspaper. Bramah's father was a wealthy man who rose from factory hand to a very wealthy man in a short time, and who supported his son in his various career attempts.

Bramah went to Fleet Street after the farming failure and became a secretary to Jerome K. Jerome, rising to a position as editor of one of Jerome's magazines. At some point, he appears to have married Mattie.

More importantly, after being rejected by 8 publishers, the Wallet of Kai Lung was published in 1900, and to date, remains in print. Bramah wrote in different areas, including political science fiction, and mystery. He died at the age of 74. See http://www.ernestbramah.com for more information.