This is the story of how a bad-tempered, naughty, red-haired orphan charmed a whole town. Anne loves living at the Green Gables, her best friend Diana and dresses with puff sleeves. But she loathes being an orphan, having red hair and being called ‘carrots’ by Gilbert Blythe. She is far from perfect, but Anne Shirley is one of the most irresistible and unique characters in literature.
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This collection gathers together some of the most iconic fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen. Using old folk tales as his raw material, Andersen told stories full of darkness, magic, power and meaning, stories that have become central to Western culture and literature. Discover the original story of ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘The Ugly Duckling’, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ and many more.
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Lees meerAs orphaned governess Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr Rochester she must choose between passion and self-respect.
This beautiful deluxe gift edition presents Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel in a hardback with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon.
Orphaned Jane grows up under cruelty at Gateshead and hardship at Lowood, but her fierce moral independence survives. As governess at Thornfield Hall, she finds a new kind of freedom, friendship with Adèle and a dangerous attachment to Edward Rochester. Thornfield has secrets, and Jane must choose between passion and self-respect when love asks too much of her.
Jane Eyre is a classic Gothic romance and coming-of-age novel about an orphan heroine, a governess, a haunted house, hidden truth and female independence. This Vintage Collector’s Classics edition is a beautiful gift for Brontë readers, collectors and lovers of literary classics.
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Lees meerA beautiful deluxe gift edition of Woolf's great masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
Clarissa Dalloway is preparing to give a party. Over the course of one day, as she readies her house, Clarissa is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. Virginia Woolf started writing Mrs Dalloway in 1922 as a short story. Its publication in 1925 was met with modest commercial success but the novel went on to become one of the most vital works of literature of the last century.
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Lees meerA beautiful deluxe gift edition of Woolf's delightful, boundary-pushing classic, with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth’s court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart.
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Lees meerElizabeth Bennet dislikes Mr Darcy on sight, but first impressions prove dangerous in a world built around marriage.
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with this beautiful gift edition of Pride and Prejudice, featuring foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon.
Elizabeth Bennet is clever, observant and unimpressed when she first encounters Mr Darcy. His pride and his judgement of her family make him easy to dislike, even as Mr Bingley’s attachment to her older sister Jane draws the households together. Balls, proposals, rivalries, social embarrassment and family pressure turn love into a contest between feeling and understanding.
Austen’s classic romance remains one of the sharpest and funniest novels about manners, marriage, money and misjudgement. This Vintage Collector’s Classics hardback is a beautiful gift for Austen readers, collectors and anyone looking for a timeless love story in a deluxe sprayed-edge edition.
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Lees meerAfter losing their home, two sisters must navigate money, heartbreak and unsuitable men without losing themselves.
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with this beautiful Vintage Collector’s Classics gift edition of her first novel. It features foiled covers, marbled endpaper, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and a silk ribbon.
After their father’s death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood lose the security of their home and must navigate money, manners and marriage with very different temperaments. Elinor guards her feelings carefully; Marianne trusts the force of passion. Suitors, secrets and social pressure test both sisters as they learn what love can ask from sense and sensibility alike.
Sense and Sensibility remain a witty, moving novel about sisters, heartbreak, money, reputation and the education of the heart. This deluxe hardback edition is designed for collectors, Austen fans and readers looking for a classic romance gift with sumptuous features.
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Lees meerHuck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas is determined to take him in hand. And wouldn't you know, Huck's no-good Pap is also after him and he locks Huck up in his cabin in the woods. But Huck won't stand too much of this, and after a daring escape, he takes off down the Mississppi on a raft with an runaway slave called Jim. But plenty of dangers wait for them along the river - will they survive and win their freedom?
BACKSTORY: Discover how to write secret messages in code, and learn about the extraordinary Mark Twain.
Lees meerA beautiful deluxe gift edition of the greatest holiday novel ever written, with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a holiday. Leaving a drab and rainy London one April and arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean, they discover a flower-filled paradise of beauty, warmth and leisure. Joined by the beautiful Lady Caroline and domineering Mrs Fisher, also in flight from the burdens of their daily lives, the four women proceed to transform themselves and their prospects.
This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR’S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.
**The ultimate beautiful classic, a gift for all book lovers**
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