Wordsworth’s Heritage Classics Collection
The Heritage Collection - Wordsworth Editions
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Introduction
This beautiful collection of classics is designed by Wordsworth Editions’ managing director Nichola Trayler. The books have a sewn binding, and they are quarter bound in linen cloth, with elegant linen-grained paper cover designs based on botanical prints by arts & crafts movement masters William Morris and William Kilburn. The prints extend to the patterned endpapers, the pages are gilded in metallic gold, and the books include silk ribbon bookmarks as well as head and tail bands.
12 books in this lovely series will be released in the UK in early September 2024.
List of books
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L. M. Alcott - Little Women
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228595. Sep 2, 2024.
“The domestic adventures of the family of the four March sisters, living in their small New England community.”
Cover design after ‘Bower’ by William Morris.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Jane Austen - Emma
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228939 . Sep 2, 2024.
“Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a ‘heroine whom no one but myself will much like’, but Emma is irresistible.”
Cover design after a William Kilburn textile design.
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Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228496. Sep 2, 2024.
“With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language.”
Cover design after ‘Honeysuckle’ by William Morris.
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J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228397. Sep 2, 2024.
“Peter Pan whisks the Darling children off Never-Never Land, where they find wolves, Mermaids and… Pirates..”
Cover design after ‘Jasmine’ by William Morris.
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Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228441. Sep 2, 2024.
“The wild, passionate story of the intense love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father.”
Cover design after ‘Evenlode’ by William Morris.
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F. H. Burnett - The Secret Garden
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228984 . Sep 2, 2024.
“Selfish and spoilt, Mary Lennox hates staying with her uncle in Yorkshire. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life.”
Cover design after a William Kilburn textile print.
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Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228694 . Sep 2, 2024.
“Carroll’s whimsical tale about Alice’s fantastical adventures after falling down a rabbit hole.”
With original illustrations by John Tenniel. Cover design after a William Kilburn textile print.
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Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228649. Sep 2, 2024.
“The most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all.”
With original illustrations by John Leech. Cover design after ‘Arbutus’ by Kathleen Kersey, produced by Morris & Co.
➤ [links TBC]
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228885. Sep 2, 2024.
“A consummate summary of the “roaring twenties”, and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’.”
Cover design after ‘Daisy Design’ by William Morris.
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L. M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228830. Sep 2, 2024.
“Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for.”
Cover design after ‘Lily and Pomegranate’ by William Morris.
➤ [links TBC]
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
Wordsworth Editions. Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry. 9781840228540. Sep 2, 2024.
“The magical intersection of two worlds when the little prince visiting from his tiny asteroid, meets the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert.”
With original illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Cover design after ‘Marigold’ by William Morris.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
2 Comments
Ava · 26 November 2024 at 6:01 am
Hi there, I have a question about this edition of Pride and Prejudice… I went to multiple websites to choose where to order from, and on some the spine is mauve/gray and on others dusty blue. The ISBN seems to be the same. Are there two versions of this? Or some sites are using incorrect pictures? I prefer the mauve version if I can find it! Thank you in advance for any help you can provide 💖
Daisy · 7 December 2024 at 7:07 pm
Hi Ava. It’s dusty blue – some sites are using an earlier mockup image. It looks lovely in person if that helps! Dx