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I read on the Kindle forum that Amazon told a caller that Amazon is not participating in the Austen birthday freebies. But I think your books might be prettier, in any event. Thank you for the good work. |
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There are two different sets of Brock-illustrated editions of Jane Austen's novels. The first set, published in 1898, includes illustrations by both of the Brock brothers, Charles (C.E.) and Henry (H.M.). They each illustrated three of the six novels. Four of the novels (P&P, S&S, MP and Emma) were published in two volumes; NA and Persuasion in one volume each. Each volume has six illustrations; thus, the first four novels have 12 illustrations each, and the last two have six each. ETA: These illustrations were black and white line drawings, which were colored in the production process using (I think) lithography. Thus some of the editions will have more garish colors than the others, depending on the way the coloring was added in the printing process.
The second set of novels were watercolor illustrations by Charles Brock only, distinguished by the softness of the coloring. These are part of the larger set of "Idylls of English Life" series from Dent. Each novel was published as a single volume, with 24 color illustrations, including a medallion illustration on the title page. Later printings only contained 16 of these illustrations. These were published between 1904 and 1910, I believe. Not sure of the exact dates but it was definitely in the first decade of the 20th century. Charles Brock also illustrated an earlier edition of P&P with black and white drawings. Can't remember how many but there are a lot. I believe Sourcebooks uses the illustrations from the 1898 set. Harry used the C.E. Brock watercolors from the later editions for his ebooks. You can see all of the Brock illustrations (and some others) at a website I created, Molland's. Scroll down to "Novel Illustrations Archive." (I own several of both editions of these books. I hope to eventually have them all, but the prices have become really outrageous. Other book owners kindly contributed to the illustration archive. Enjoy them, but please note that they are not to be used for commercial purposes.) P.S. My avatar is Catherine Morland from the C.E. Brock watercolor illustrations of Northanger Abbey. She is scaring herself with The Mysteries of Udolpho. ETA: There are many, many later editions and printings of Jane Austen's novels that include the Brock illustrations. Most are from the 1898 edition. Last edited by MaggieScratch; 12-16-2010 at 04:51 PM. |
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Someone on the Sourcebooks Twitter just said they were fixing the Amazon (and Sony?) prices now, plus they're extending the promo through tomorrow because of the mix up. See: http://twitter.com/#!/Sourcebooks/st...38732274434049
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I got the 4 "inspired" books that interested me from iBooks. I want to try the new updated app, even though I prefer the Kindle app. The bookshelves for the new iBooks are a prettier, lighter wood tone. The swipe for PDFs instead of the button is of no real consequence. Will try the new "collections" feature for these books.
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Thanks for the heads-up on these. I love Austen and Austen-inspired novels. It's like Christmas came early!
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OK, I do not see how to move the books to a collection in ibooks. Any ideas?
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Thanks for the great explanation of the evolution of pictures for the different editions. They are all so lovely.
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Got all of them on B&N just now - both the "real" Austen titles and the Austen-inspired ones.
P.S. All free now... |
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Bump - see first post. All but #7 is now free in the Kindle store.
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Now all free on Amazon EXCEPT:
Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One [Kindle Edition] Sharon Lathan |
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Thank you so much! This is such a treat for me!
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The "missing" 7th book, Sharon Latham's Mr. & Mrs. Darcy: Two Shall Become One, is now free on Amazon. All available to Canadians.
Nothing yet in the Sony store. |
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