Yellow Sun Classics
Great literature,
beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully enriched.
Original stories. Beautiful artwork. A richer reading experience. We publish editions of public domain classics—works whose copyrights have expired and that now belong to all of us—with the original text intact, enriched for today’s readers.
What we doThe imprint
The Illustrated+
Edition.
Every Yellow Sun Classics Illustrated+ Edition preserves the original literary work while offering a richer reading experience.
The world’s greatest books are free for anyone to read—but free texts are often poorly scanned, clumsily formatted, and stripped of context. We never change the original stories. Instead, every Illustrated+ Edition pairs the original author’s words with the same five enhancements:
- A modern introductionDiscover the story’s historical, cultural, and literary background.
- Full-page chapter illustrationsExperience the characters, settings, and atmosphere through evocative artwork at the beginning of every chapter.
- Cast of charactersKeep track of the people and relationships in the story.
- Terms explainedUnderstand unfamiliar language, expressions, and historical references.
- About the authorGet to know the writer and the life behind the work.
The underlying texts are in the public domain and always will be. What we add is the craft around them—freshly typeset ebook, paperback, and hardcover editions that are a pleasure to hold, read, and return to. Whether you’re discovering a classic for the first time or returning to a favorite, Yellow Sun Classics offers an inviting way to enjoy great literature.
New edition
My Brilliant Career
A Young Woman’s Defiant Search for Freedom
By Miles Franklin. First published in 1901. Illustrated+ Edition.
She refuses to let poverty, convention, or romance determine who she will become.
Sybylla Melvyn is a fiercely intelligent young woman growing up amid drought, hardship, and exhausting labor in the Australian bush. While her family expects her to accept domestic duty and an ordinary marriage, Sybylla dreams of music, literature, independence, and a brilliant career of her own.
When she escapes to her grandmother’s prosperous station, she discovers a world of books, beauty, companionship, and possibility. She also meets Harold Beecham, a wealthy and honorable young landowner whose love offers security—but may demand the freedom Sybylla values above everything else.
Sharp-witted, emotionally candid, and strikingly modern, My Brilliant Career explores the conflict between love and autonomy, artistic ambition and social expectation, privilege and poverty. Miles Franklin brings rural Australia vividly to life while giving voice to one of classic literature’s most unconventional heroines.
A landmark Australian coming-of-age novel for readers drawn to spirited women, complicated romance, and timeless stories of self-determination.
The catalog
Delina Delaney
An Irish Tale of Love, Intrigue, and Injustice
By Amanda McKittrick Ros. First published in 1898. Illustrated+ Edition.
A singular Irish classic of love, jealousy, crime, and vindication.
Delina Delaney, the beautiful daughter of an impoverished Connemara fisherman, is thrust into uncertainty after tragedy strikes her family. Employment at magnificent Columba Castle promises security, but it also brings her into the orbit of Lord Gifford, whose devotion crosses the rigid boundaries of wealth and social rank.
Their romance provokes bitter opposition. Carried from rural Ireland into the bewildering splendor of London, Delina must confront manipulation, hardship, and the schemes of a merciless rival. When an attempt is made on Lord Gifford’s life, planted evidence transforms an innocent young woman into the accused at the center of a sensational poisoning trial.
Can love survive separation, scandal, and a devastating miscarriage of justice?
Renowned for its extravagant metaphors, ornate declarations, and gloriously unconventional turns of phrase, Delina Delaney displays Amanda McKittrick Ros’s unmistakable style at full force. Blending romantic melodrama, social satire, courtroom suspense, and Gothic intrigue, this unforgettable novel invites readers into a literary world governed by fierce passions and language of extraordinary invention.
Want the modern take? Imogen Tully’s Love and Other Submerged Objects, from Yellow Sun Press, retells it as a romantic comedy on the Donegal coast.
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