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Synopsis
Book Details
Each of the six novels is presented in its original text, offering readers the closest experience to how Austen’s contemporaries first encountered her work. Introductions by writers including Siri Hustvedt and Val McDermid, alongside an overarching essay by historian Lucy Worsley, add fresh perspective to these enduring stories. Illustrated throughout by Sarah Young, this is a landmark edition of Austen’s fiction – deeply authentic, visually stunning and made to last a lifetime.
Production Details
Full-bound in cloth printed and blocked with a design by Sarah YoungBlocked spine monograms by Ruth Rowland
Gilded top book edges
Ribbon markers
All 6 volumes presented in a blocked cloth slipcase
Dimensions
Each book: 9 inches × 5¾ inches (23 × 14.6 cm)Font
Typeset in Caslon Pro with Brunel Deck as displayPages
Sense and Sensibility – 392 pagesPride and Prejudice – 400 pages
Mansfield Park – 476 pages
Emma – 496 pages
Northanger Abbey – 260 pages
Persuasion – 268 pages
Author
Jane AustenIllustrated By
Sarah YoungIllustration
Each volume is printed in 4 colours throughout, with a colour frontispiece from a woodcut printed on art paper, 5 linocut illustrations and integrated vignettesPublication Date
24/09/2026Printing
First PrintingSense and Sensibility
Foreward by: Lucy Worsley
Introduced by: Elena Ferrante
Pages: 392
Cloth binding colours: Wheat and Cinnamon, reflecting Elinor's practical and unpretentious nature with demure and understated colours
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Pride and Prejudice
Introduced by: Sebastian Faulks
Pages: 400
Cloth binding colours: Cardinal and Cameo, strong reds and pinks to show the fiery passion of Elizabeth and the romance with Mr Darcy
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Mansfield Park
Introduced by: Lucy Worsley
Pages: 476
Cloth binding colours: Spinach and Sedum, greens which evoke the Mansfield Park estate and that are darker in tone to reflect the exploits of Sir Thomas
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Emma
Introduced by: Fay Weldon
Pages: 496
Cloth binding colours: Madder and Sky, high-spirited and joyful sky blues allude to Emma's positivity and playful nature
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Northanger Abbey
Introduced by: Val McDermid
Pages: 260
Cloth binding colours: Crocus and Grape, deep purple evoking the gothic genre of Northanger Abbey
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Persuasion
Introduced by: Siri Hustvedt
Pages: 268
Cloth binding colours: Cadet and Seaweed, stormy sea colours that reflect the nautical themes in Persuasion
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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About the Illustrator
Sarah Young is a painter, printmaker and illustrator, as well as a maker and also originator, with Jon Tutton, of a travelling puppet theatre. Her work is often narrative, drawing on folktale, myth and fairytale, and has been shown in galleries throughout the UK, from the Shetland Islands to Cornwall. As an illustrator she has most recently worked on book covers for Stephen Fry's Myth series, Pat Barker's Trojan War novels and the complete works of Shakespeare for OUP. Tutton and Young organise contemporary art and craft events, including Made London and Brighton Art Fair, and run Atelier Beside the Sea, an art gallery, shop and creative teaching space in Brighton.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born in Hampshire in 1775, the seventh child and youngest daughter of George Austen, rector of Deane and Steventon, and his wife, Cassandra. She began writing poems, plays and stories for her family from a young age, and her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, was released by Thomas Egerton to sell-out acclaim in 1811. Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815) followed, and these were the last of Austen’s works to come out in her lifetime. Her novels, including the posthumously published Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818), are today considered amongst the finest in the English language. She died at Winchester in 1817.
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Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley OBE is a historian, author and television presenter. After studying history at New College, Oxford, she served for 21 years as Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court Palace. She won a BAFTA in 2018 for the BBC documentary Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley. As well as her historical novel for younger readers, The Austen Girls (2020), her books include Jane Austen at Home (2017), Queen Victoria (2018) and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (2022).