orrydian
new beautiful editions of classic and contemporary books
orrydian offers a wide range of books, including contemporary and classic fiction, poetry, philosophy, art, music, letters and memoirs. orrydian books are beautifully produced, some with original illustrations, others with new artwork.
Available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover and Kindle editions.
HIGHLIGHTS
> Latest titles: (1) Updated and improved editions of John Milton's Paradise Lost, and The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, with 100s of beautiful and dramatic illustrations by Gustave Doré recreated in full colour. (2) The Arabian Nights Entertainments, selected and edited by Andrew Lang, with illustrations by H.J. Ford recreated in colour. (3) Orlando Furioso Volumes 1 and 2, more than 800 pages of Ariosto's vast sprawling classic, with hundreds of illustrations by Gustave Doré recreated in glorious colour. (4) Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: a selection retold in modern English verse. (5) ME: The Autobiography of Swedish Artist Carl Larsson. (6) Three collector's editions with facsimiles of Albrecht Dürer's beautiful woodcuts: The Book of Revelation, The Life of the Virgin and The Small Passion. (7) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, a beautiful facsimile edition of William Blake's poems. (8) The Book of Job, a Collector's edition of the Bible story, with William Blake's illustrations and an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
> orrydian has published 17 titles in its series of books with Gustave Doré’s illustrations recreated in full colour. These books can be viewed here. A selection of Doré’s illustrations, recreated in colour, can be viewed here.
> orrydian is proud of its ongoing collaboration with Rev Dr Ebenezer DuLally Uvney. 22 of our titles are graced with Introductions by the great scholar. These titles can be viewed by clicking here. We have recently published two novels by Dr Uvney: The Ghost at Crone and Uvney at SEA, and his anthologies A Book of Uvney and Introducing Uvney can be viewed here.
> Other groups of titles can be seen via the menu at the top of the page or the thumbnail images below.
“Orrydian’s books are beautifully produced and illustrated, reminding the reader of days gone by and pleasures yet to come. Furthermore, many of the classic novels include some
of the most illuminating and erudite
Introductions which I
have ever read.”