Stunning New Covers Grace the Puffin in Bloom Jane Austen Collection, Designed by Anna Bond

From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:

While I own more copies of Jane Austen’s novels than I will publicly admit, there is just something so enchanting about a beautiful book cover. They totally break down my willpower. So, here I am with new editions of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility to share with you. I blame the team at Puffin in Bloom and the incredibly talented illustrator Anna Bond for creating them.

What really caught my eye with these new covers was the unique and pleasing combination of colors and patterns. The designs are so different from any I already own. The spines will look so beautiful lined up on my bookshelves.

Puffin in Bloom is part of the Puffin Books series for young readers. Previously published titles in this series also with covers illustrated by Anna Bond included: A Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Heidi. There will also be a boxed set of the three Jane Austen titles releasing on September 3, 2024, just in time for holiday gift-giving.

I hope you will be as weak as I was in resisting them!

Best, LA

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BOOK DESCRIPTIONS

Pride and Prejudice

Though her sisters are keen on finding men to marry, Elizabeth Bennet would rather wait for someone she loves – certainly not someone like Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, whom she finds to be smug and judgmental, in contrast to the charming George Wickham. But soon Elizabeth learns that her first impressions may not have been correct, and the quiet, genteel Mr. Darcy might be her true love after all.

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Emma

Emma Woodhouse believes herself to be an excellent matchmaker, though she herself does not plan on marrying. But as she meddles in the relationships of others, she causes confusion and misunderstandings throughout the village, and she just may be overlooking a true love of her own.

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Sense and Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love– and its threatened loss–the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

AMAZON | PUBLISHER | ADD TO GOODREADS

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ARTIST BIO

Anna Bond is the co-owner and creative director of Rifle Paper Co., the worldwide stationery and gift brand based in Winter Park, Florida. An artist known for her whimsical designs, which often include hand-painted illustrations and lettering, her work has been featured In a number of publications including O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, US Weekly, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Martha Stewart Living, and Southern Living to name a few. She is the artist behind the new edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as well as the popular Puffin in Bloom line of children’s classics. Anna lives with her family in Winter Park, FL. 

Read an interview of illustrator Anna Bond at Brightly.

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We purchased a copy of each book for our own enjoyment. Cover image, book descriptions, and author bio courtesy of Puffin Books © 2024; text Laurel Ann Nattress © 2024, austenprose.com, an Amazon affiliate. No AI: material on austenprose.com may not be used in datasets for, in the development of, or as inputs to generative AI programs.

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