diff --git a/tests/test_epub_reader.py b/tests/test_epub_reader.py
index 0595c46..3454d82 100644
--- a/tests/test_epub_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_epub_reader.py
@@ -752,5 +752,79 @@ class TestEPUBIntegrationWithHTMLExtraction(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertTrue(color_found, "Should find at least one colored text")
+ def test_epub_with_image(self):
+ """Test that images in EPUB are properly parsed."""
+ book = epub.EpubBook()
+ book.set_identifier('image-test-id')
+ book.set_title('Image Test Book')
+ book.set_language('en')
+ book.add_author('Test Author')
+
+ # Create minimal JPEG data for testing
+ img_data = b'\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x00\x10JFIF\x00\x01\x01\x01\x00H\x00H\x00\x00\xff\xdb\x00C\x00\x08\x06\x06\x07\x06\x05\x08\x07\x07\x07\t\t\x08\n\x0c\x14\r\x0c\x0b\x0b\x0c\x19\x12\x13\x0f\x14\x1d\x1a\x1f\x1e\x1d\x1a\x1c\x1c $.\' ",#\x1c\x1c(7),01444\x1f\'9=82<.342\xff\xc0\x00\x11\x08\x00d\x00d\x01\x01\x11\x00\x02\x11\x01\x03\x11\x01\xff\xc4\x00\x14\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x08\xff\xc4\x00\x14\x10\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xda\x00\x0c\x03\x01\x00\x02\x11\x03\x11\x00\x3f\x00\xaa\xff\xd9'
+
+ # Create an EpubImage item
+ image_item = epub.EpubImage()
+ image_item.id = 'test_img'
+ image_item.file_name = 'images/test_image.jpg'
+ image_item.media_type = 'image/jpeg'
+ image_item.content = img_data
+
+ # Add image to book
+ book.add_item(image_item)
+
+ # Create a chapter that references the image
+ chapter = epub.EpubHtml(
+ title='Image Chapter',
+ file_name='image_chapter.xhtml',
+ lang='en'
+ )
+ chapter.content = '''
+Image Chapter
+
+ Chapter with Image
+ This chapter contains an image:
+ 
+ Text after the image.
+
+'''
+
+ book.add_item(chapter)
+ book.toc = (epub.Link("image_chapter.xhtml", "Image Chapter", "img_ch"),)
+ book.add_item(epub.EpubNcx())
+ book.add_item(epub.EpubNav())
+ book.spine = ['nav', chapter]
+
+ # Write EPUB
+ epub_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, f'test_image_{len(self.epub_files)}.epub')
+ epub.write_epub(epub_path, book, {})
+ self.epub_files.append(epub_path)
+
+ # Read and analyze
+ parsed_book = read_epub(epub_path)
+ chapters = list(parsed_book.chapters)
+ self.assertEqual(len(chapters), 1)
+
+ blocks = list(chapters[0].blocks)
+ self.assertGreater(len(blocks), 0)
+
+ # Find blocks by type
+ heading_blocks = [block for block in blocks if isinstance(block, Heading)]
+ paragraph_blocks = [block for block in blocks if isinstance(block, Paragraph)]
+ image_blocks = [block for block in blocks if isinstance(block, Image)]
+
+ # Verify we have the expected blocks
+ self.assertEqual(len(heading_blocks), 1, "Should find exactly one heading block")
+ self.assertGreaterEqual(len(paragraph_blocks), 2, "Should find at least two paragraph blocks")
+ self.assertEqual(len(image_blocks), 1, "Should find exactly one image block")
+
+ # Verify image properties
+ image_block = image_blocks[0]
+ self.assertEqual(image_block.alt_text, "Test image")
+ self.assertEqual(image_block.width, 300)
+ self.assertEqual(image_block.height, 200)
+ self.assertIn("test_image.jpg", image_block.source)
+
+
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()