Pride and Prejudice: Lit for Little Hands

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Pan Macmillan, Dec 10, 2012 - Fiction - 490 pages
Jane Austen's best-loved novel is a memorable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, about the power of reason, and above all, about the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions. In this special colourized edition, Hugh Thomson's delightful period illustrations, which were originally black-and-white, have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain's most accomplished colourists. This beautiful edition is a fitting tribute in celebration of the book's 200th anniversary. Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) is the finest exponent of period illustration in what is sometimes known as the 'powder and patch' school. He was in great demand and he was commissioned to illustrate Shakespeare, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Hawthorne, Elizabeth Gaskell and the popular plays of J. M. Barrie as well as Jane Austen's six complete novels.--Amazon.com.

About the author (2012)

Jane Austen was born in 1775. The seventh child of a country rector, she lived at Steventon in Hampshire until 1801, when she moved first to Bath, then to Southampton. Her father died in 1805, and from that time the Austens settled at nearby Chawton. From a young age, Jane entertained her family with stories and plays; by age twenty-three she had written early versions of her first three major novels, "Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice," and "Northanger Abbey," though they were not published for several years. Twelve years later she started work on "Mansfield Park" and" Emma," and "Persuasion," her last complete novel, soon followed. Jane Austen died at Winchester in 1817.

Bibliographic information

TitlePride and Prejudice: Lit for Little Hands
Collectors' library
AuthorJane. Austen
Illustrated byHugh Thomson
Editionillustrated
PublisherPan Macmillan, 2012
ISBN1907360875, 9781907360879
Length490 pages
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