Delphi Complete Works of A. A. Milne

by A.A. Milne, Delphi Classics (Editor)

The famous creator of Winnie-the-Pooh was a gifted author, who contributed major works to almost every form of literary genre. From beloved children’s classics to murder mysteries; from theatrical masterpieces to satirical essays; from emotive war poetry to learned critical analysis and philosophical debate — A. A. Milne produced an extraordinary body of works, leaving no doubt as to the impressive scope of his literary achievements. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Milne’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Milne’s life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* All the novels, with individual contents tables* The complete Winnie-the-Pooh books* The rare children’s book ‘A Gallery of Children’, fully illustrated* Features the short story collection ‘The Secret and Other Stories’, 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 poetry collections available in no other collection* Includes Milne’s complete non-fiction, including his seminal works ‘Peace with Honour’ and ‘War with Honour’ — digitised here for the first time* 21 plays, including ‘Toad of Toad Hall’, Milne’s adaptation of ‘The Wind in the Willows’* Features Milne’s autobiography – discover his literary life* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genresPlease E. H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations remain in copyright and so sadly cannot appear in the eBook (release date 2027). NovelsOnce on a Time (1917)Mr. Pim (1921)The Red House Mystery (1922)Two People (1931)Chloe Marr (1946)The Children’s BooksWhen We Were Very Young (1924)A Gallery of Children (1925)Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)Now We Are Six (1927)The House at Pooh Corner (1928)The Short Story CollectionsLovers in London (1905)The Secret and Other Stories (1929)The Birthday Party (1948)A Table near the Band (1950)The PlaysWurzel-Flummery (1917)Belinda (1918)The Boy Comes Home (1918)Make-Believe (1918)The Camberley Triangle (1919)Mr. Pim Passes By (1919)The Red Feathers (1920)The Romantic Age (1920)The Stepmother (1920)The Truth about Blayds (1920)The Great Broxopp (1921)The Dover Road (1921)The Lucky One (1922)Success (1923)Ariadne (1924)The Man in the Bowler Hat (1924)To Have the Honour (1924)Portrait of a Gentleman in Slippers (1926)The Ivory Door (1929)Toad of Toad Hall (1929)The Ugly Duckling (1941)The Poetry CollectionsFor the Luncheon Interval (1925)Behind the Lines (1940)The Norman Church (1948)The Non-FictionThe Day’s Play (1910)Introduction to ‘The Chronicles of Clovis’ by Saki (1911)The Holiday Round (1912)Once a Week (1914)Not That It Matters (1919)If I May (1920)The Sunny Side (1921)By Way of Introduction (1929)Peace with Honour (1934)War with Honour (1940)Year In, Year Out (1952)&l

6449 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 17, 2021

About the author

Alan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Vince Milne and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham) and grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small public school run by his father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there in 1889–90. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship. While there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor.

Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged on February 14, 1919.

After the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers.... But I loved his stuff."

He married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt in 1913, and their only son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in 1920. In 1925, A. A. Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. During World War II, A. A. Milne was Captain of the Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain 'Mr. Milne' to the members of his platoon. He retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid and by August 1953 "he seemed very old and disenchanted".

He was 74 years old when he passed away in 1956.