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A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth
with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th
anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Part of a collectable series
inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.
Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen’s Emma is a remarkable
comedy of manners. Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma
Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the
little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as
her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to
find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn’t the lives
of others she must try to transform.
With original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and bonus
material about the design.
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Emma (Paperback)
Jane Austen; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Introduction by David Pinching
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R285
R258
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A special edition from Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book
lover. Featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from Jane
Austen's own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperback
editions are a must for all Jane Austen fans. Oft-copied but never
bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.
Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she
sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town
of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her
subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to
find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the
lives of others she must try to transform. With original
illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan
Collector's Library edition also features bonus material by Jane
Austen expert Sophie Reynolds.
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Frankenstein (Paperback)
Mary Shelley; Introduction by David Pinching
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R281
R254
Discovery Miles 2 540
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One of BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, Frankenstein is the most
famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused.
Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human
from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his
creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes civilized
but society rejects him. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his creator. So
begins a cycle of destruction, with Frankenstein and his ‘monster’
pursuing each other to the extremes of nature until all vestiges of
their humanity are lost.
In 1831, Mary Shelley succumbed to conservative pressures and toned
down elements of the work; this edition presents the work as originally
intended.
This series of gorgeous pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmilan
Collector's Library celebrates the very best Gothic and horror
literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.
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Emma (Hardcover, New Edition)
Jane Austen; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Introduction by David Pinching
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R338
R283
Discovery Miles 2 830
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Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable
comedy of manners. Now a major motion picture starring Anya
Taylor-Joy, Miranda Hart and Bill Nighy. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized
classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful
additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the
celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition
also includes an afterword by David Pinching. Set in the fictional
village of Highbury, Austen follows the charming but insensitive
Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career in
match-making. Adopting the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her
subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she attempts
to find Harriet a suitor - until she begins to realize it isn't the
lives of others she must try to transform, but her own.
One of the great novels of the nineteenth century, Emily Bronte's
haunting tale of passion and greed remains unsurpassed in its
depiction of destructive love. Her tragically short life is
brilliantly imagined in the major new movie, Emily, starring Emma
Mackey in the title role. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics
with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books
make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of
Wuthering Heights features an afterword by David Pinching. One
wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about
Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious
landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful,
headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although
desperately in love with her - is rejected in favour of a rich
suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for
revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her
back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers
responsible for his loss.
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a comedic and brilliantly
postmodern lampoon of gothic romance novels. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized
classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful
additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the
celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by
David Pinching. Catherine Morland is a naive young woman whose
perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the
romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to
Bath she sees mystery and intrigue all around her - not least of
all in Northanger Abbey itself, the home of General Tilney and his
handsome son Henry, where Catherine suspects a sinister crime has
occurred . . .
One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Frankenstein is the
most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science
misused. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges
and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts
for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. The
novel is produced here in its original form and with an afterword
by David Pinching. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward
scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has
done, he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns
language and becomes civilized but society rejects him. Spurned, he
seeks vengeance on his creator. So begins a cycle of destruction,
with Frankenstein and his 'monster' pursuing each other to the
extremes of nature until all vestiges of their humanity are lost.
In 1831, Mary Shelley succumbed to conservative pressures and toned
down elements of the work; this edition presents the work as
originally intended.
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