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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2013
Jane Austen was born in Hampshire on 16 December 1775 to a rural rector. Pride and Prejudice, written in 1797, was her first novel but was not published until 1813 after being rejected by several publishers. The second novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility, was actually published before Pride and Prejudice. Her novels were published anonymously in her lifetime. She wrote six novels and numerous shorter works, but initially they were not highly regarded. Jane died in Winchester on 18 July 1817 aged just 41, probably from Addison’s disease, a rare disorder where the adrenal glands don't produce enough cortisol and aldosterone. She never married.
The works of Jane Austen have been published many times by the Folio Society. The editions are:-
1957 Pride and Prejudice. Introduction by Richard Church. Ten wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth, yellow paper boards with a repeat pattern in pink by Hassall. Grey slipcase.
1958 Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Richard Church. Twelve wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with blue-green paper boards patterned in green. Grey slipcase.
1959 Mansfield Park. Introduction by Richard Church. Eleven wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with orange paper boards patterned in lilac. Grey slipcase.
1960 Northanger Abbey. Introduction by Richard Church. 15 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Printed in green and black. Quarter-bound in grey cloth with pattern printed yellow paper boards. Grey slipcase.
1961 Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. 14 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with paper covers blocked with a pink pattern. Grey slipcase.
1962 Emma. Introduction by Richard Church. 13 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter-bound in grey cloth with orange paper covers. Grey slipcase.
1963 Shorter Works. Introduction by Richard Church. 10 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth, pink paper boards patterned in red. Endleaves printed in purple. Grey slipcase.
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1975 Emma. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Mansfield Park. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Northanger Abbey. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Pride and Prejudice. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Sense and Sensibility. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Shorter Works. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 The Works of Jane Austen. (7v.). Introductions by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards (a different colour for each volume). Endleaves with a design by Hassall (in a different colour for each volume). Grey seven-volume slipcase. Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Shorter Works. These books could also be bought separately as listed above.
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1984 The Folio Jane Austen. Reissue of the seven volume set above. (7v.). Engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with pattern printed paper sides.
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1984 The Folio Jane Austen Limited Edition. The above set was also issued as a limited edition of 1000 copies bound in dark red morocco with gilt edging and dark red slipcase.
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1993 The History of England. Facsimile of her manuscript with illustrations by her sister Cassandra, with transcript. Introduction by Deirdre Le Faye. Quarter bound in cream vegetable parchment with Ann Muir hand-marbled paper boards. Pale yellow endleaves. Cream vegetable parchment slipcase with the title repeated in gold. This book is reviewed HERE.
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1996 Novels and Shorter Works of Jane Austen. (4v.). Reissued from the seven-volume set of 1975. Red four-volume slipcase. Mansfield Park/Northanger Abbey/Persuasion/Shorter Works.
1996 Three Classic Novels by Jane Austen. Reissued from the seven-volume set of 1975. (3v.). Red three-volume slipcase titled in gold. Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility/Emma.
The two sets above were also combined in a single seven volume slipcase.
This edition is reviewed here.
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1996 The Folio Jane Austen Limited Edition The two 1996 collections above were combined as a limited edition. Full blue-green leather binding and seven volume slipcase. 1000 copies.
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2003 Jane Austen’s Letters. Collected and edited by Diedre le Faye. 18 colour plates. Bound in silk printed with a wallpaper design. Dark red slipcase.
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2006 Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Deirdre Le Faye. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown cloth with pattern and image printed paper covers.
2007 Emma. Frontispiece and 6 full-page colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown buckram, cream paper boards with a ‘Regency’ stripe pattern in blue and a colour vignette by Puttapipat. Dark blue endleaves. Blue slip case.
2007 Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown cloth with design printed and pictorial cream paper sides. Dark green endleaves. Blue slipcase.
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2013 Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Sebastian Faulk. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso. Bound in metallic gold cloth, cover blocked with a black and whitedesign by Anna and Elena Balbusso. Cream endpapers. Red slipcase with front gilt inscription. This edition is reviewed below.
2015 Emma. Introduced by Fay Weldon. Frontispiece and 9 colour illustrations by Sam Wolfe Connelly. Bound in gold metallic cloth, blocked with a black and cream design by Sam Wolfe Connelly. Phrase blocked slipcase.
2015 Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Elena Ferrante. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Philip Bannister. Bound in metallic gold cloth, blocked with a design by Philip Bannister. Slipcase blocked on front.
2016 Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations by Deanna Staffo. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Purple slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
2017 Mansfield Park. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Darya Shnykina. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Dark green slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
2017 Northanger Abbey. Frontispiece and 5 colour illustrations. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Dark green slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
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2025 Limited Edition A new limited edition of Jane Austen’s complete works will be released later this year.
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The edition of Pride and Prejudice reviewed below is in the same format as Emma (2015), Sense and Sensibility (2015). Persuassion (2016), Mansfield Park (2017) and Northanger Abbey (2017).
The 2013 Pride and Prejudice has 335 pages and is introduced by Sebastian Faulk. It has a frontispiece and seven colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso, and is bound in metallic gold cloth, the cover blocked with a black and white design by Anna and Elena Balbusso. The endpapers are plain cream, and the red slipcase has a front gilt inscription and measures 24.8x16.6cm.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
Jane Austen was born in Hampshire on 16 December 1775 to a rural rector. Pride and Prejudice, written in 1797, was her first novel but was not published until 1813 after being rejected by several publishers. The second novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility, was actually published before Pride and Prejudice. Her novels were published anonymously in her lifetime. She wrote six novels and numerous shorter works, but initially they were not highly regarded. Jane died in Winchester on 18 July 1817 aged just 41, probably from Addison’s disease, a rare disorder where the adrenal glands don't produce enough cortisol and aldosterone. She never married.
The works of Jane Austen have been published many times by the Folio Society. The editions are:-
1957 Pride and Prejudice. Introduction by Richard Church. Ten wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth, yellow paper boards with a repeat pattern in pink by Hassall. Grey slipcase.
1958 Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Richard Church. Twelve wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with blue-green paper boards patterned in green. Grey slipcase.
1959 Mansfield Park. Introduction by Richard Church. Eleven wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with orange paper boards patterned in lilac. Grey slipcase.
1960 Northanger Abbey. Introduction by Richard Church. 15 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Printed in green and black. Quarter-bound in grey cloth with pattern printed yellow paper boards. Grey slipcase.
1961 Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. 14 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with paper covers blocked with a pink pattern. Grey slipcase.
1962 Emma. Introduction by Richard Church. 13 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter-bound in grey cloth with orange paper covers. Grey slipcase.
1963 Shorter Works. Introduction by Richard Church. 10 wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth, pink paper boards patterned in red. Endleaves printed in purple. Grey slipcase.
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1975 Emma. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Mansfield Park. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Northanger Abbey. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Persuasion. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Pride and Prejudice. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Sense and Sensibility. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 Shorter Works. Introduction by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards. Endleaves with a design by Hassall.
1975 The Works of Jane Austen. (7v.). Introductions by Richard Church. Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter grey cloth series binding, patterned paper boards (a different colour for each volume). Endleaves with a design by Hassall (in a different colour for each volume). Grey seven-volume slipcase. Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Shorter Works. These books could also be bought separately as listed above.
_____________________________________________________
1984 The Folio Jane Austen. Reissue of the seven volume set above. (7v.). Engravings by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in grey cloth with pattern printed paper sides.
______________________________________________________
1984 The Folio Jane Austen Limited Edition. The above set was also issued as a limited edition of 1000 copies bound in dark red morocco with gilt edging and dark red slipcase.
_____________________________________________________
1993 The History of England. Facsimile of her manuscript with illustrations by her sister Cassandra, with transcript. Introduction by Deirdre Le Faye. Quarter bound in cream vegetable parchment with Ann Muir hand-marbled paper boards. Pale yellow endleaves. Cream vegetable parchment slipcase with the title repeated in gold. This book is reviewed HERE.
_____________________________________________________
1996 Novels and Shorter Works of Jane Austen. (4v.). Reissued from the seven-volume set of 1975. Red four-volume slipcase. Mansfield Park/Northanger Abbey/Persuasion/Shorter Works.
1996 Three Classic Novels by Jane Austen. Reissued from the seven-volume set of 1975. (3v.). Red three-volume slipcase titled in gold. Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility/Emma.
The two sets above were also combined in a single seven volume slipcase.
This edition is reviewed here.
______________________________________________________
1996 The Folio Jane Austen Limited Edition The two 1996 collections above were combined as a limited edition. Full blue-green leather binding and seven volume slipcase. 1000 copies.
______________________________________________________
2003 Jane Austen’s Letters. Collected and edited by Diedre le Faye. 18 colour plates. Bound in silk printed with a wallpaper design. Dark red slipcase.
______________________________________________________
2006 Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Deirdre Le Faye. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown cloth with pattern and image printed paper covers.
2007 Emma. Frontispiece and 6 full-page colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown buckram, cream paper boards with a ‘Regency’ stripe pattern in blue and a colour vignette by Puttapipat. Dark blue endleaves. Blue slip case.
2007 Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Quarter bound in brown cloth with design printed and pictorial cream paper sides. Dark green endleaves. Blue slipcase.
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2013 Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Sebastian Faulk. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso. Bound in metallic gold cloth, cover blocked with a black and whitedesign by Anna and Elena Balbusso. Cream endpapers. Red slipcase with front gilt inscription. This edition is reviewed below.
2015 Emma. Introduced by Fay Weldon. Frontispiece and 9 colour illustrations by Sam Wolfe Connelly. Bound in gold metallic cloth, blocked with a black and cream design by Sam Wolfe Connelly. Phrase blocked slipcase.
2015 Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Elena Ferrante. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Philip Bannister. Bound in metallic gold cloth, blocked with a design by Philip Bannister. Slipcase blocked on front.
2016 Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations by Deanna Staffo. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Purple slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
2017 Mansfield Park. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Darya Shnykina. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Dark green slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
2017 Northanger Abbey. Frontispiece and 5 colour illustrations. Bound in metallic gold buckram, cover blocked with a design in cream and black by the artist. Dark green slipcase cover blocked in gilt with a phrase.
______________________________________________________
2025 Limited Edition A new limited edition of Jane Austen’s complete works will be released later this year.
______________________________________________________
The edition of Pride and Prejudice reviewed below is in the same format as Emma (2015), Sense and Sensibility (2015). Persuassion (2016), Mansfield Park (2017) and Northanger Abbey (2017).
The 2013 Pride and Prejudice has 335 pages and is introduced by Sebastian Faulk. It has a frontispiece and seven colour illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso, and is bound in metallic gold cloth, the cover blocked with a black and white design by Anna and Elena Balbusso. The endpapers are plain cream, and the red slipcase has a front gilt inscription and measures 24.8x16.6cm.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2Bibliophile-I
>1 wcarter:, Jane Austen was 41 when she died and it’s Joan, not John, for the illustrator of the Jane Austen books from 1957-1996. Autocorrect is a pain, isn’t it?
I’m not fond of the illustrations for the 2013-2017 set. I definitely think Joan Hassall is better. Her woodcuts just seem to fit so well. I wish the FS would do a book of all of her illustrations for them. I’ve not seen the three novels from 2006-2007. The covers do look nice and I’m given over to wondering why the FS didn’t do all 6 novels in that edition.
I’m not fond of the illustrations for the 2013-2017 set. I definitely think Joan Hassall is better. Her woodcuts just seem to fit so well. I wish the FS would do a book of all of her illustrations for them. I’ve not seen the three novels from 2006-2007. The covers do look nice and I’m given over to wondering why the FS didn’t do all 6 novels in that edition.
4wcarter
>2 Bibliophile-I:
Thanks. Errors corrected in original post.
Thanks. Errors corrected in original post.
5BooksFriendsNotFood
I'm not 100% sure but I feel fairly certain that the FS Jane Austen's Letters made an appearance in the recent film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life!
6HonorWulf
Great index! Wonder why Folio stopped including the Lady Susan/Short Works volume in their collections. Looks like it's been almost 30 years since they last published it.
7Bibliophile-I
>6 HonorWulf:, 1996 was the most recent publication for the set, including the Shorter Works, correct?
8HonorWulf
>7 Bibliophile-I: Yes, appears so. It was excluded from the recent Gold editions as well
as the upcoming Limited Edition.
as the upcoming Limited Edition.
9Bibliophile-I
>8 HonorWulf:, that’s something I find a bit odd, to be honest. Anybody and everybody publishes an edition of the six novels. The Shorter Works are, I think, what made the Folio Society Jane Austen stand out, along with the illustrations by Joan Hassall. If the FS ever decided to publish a collection of all of Jane Austen’s shorter works, I think that it would be a success. I just got the Everyman’s Library edition of JA’s other shorter works, which, includes everything. The book is 29 years old and in fantastic condition. In this instance, the FS should be taking notes!
10woodstock8786
There is a newly released collection from the Cambridge University press which also has Latter Manuscripts and Childhood works from her:
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature...
I couldn’t find good pictures, so I have no idea what the quality might be
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature...
I couldn’t find good pictures, so I have no idea what the quality might be
