New Release: Puffin in Bloom's Jane Austen Classics!

 I love Jane Austen's Classics so I'm excited to feature Puffin in Bloom's Jane Austen Classics reimagined with Dreamy Designs by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond! They're so pretty I've already ordered a set for me and one for my daughter! 

Details about the new release as well as a brief synopsis of each book and a bit about Jane Austen below.

On February 13, 2024, Puffin in Bloom will sweep readers off their feet with redesigned books from iconic author, Jane Austen. 

Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility are enveloped by whimsical and charming new covers by Rifle Paper Co.’s co-founder and chief creative officer, Anna Bond, that invoke Austen’s blooming characters and relationships.

Anna Bond said, "I loved being part of this special project illustrating three beloved Jane Austen classic novels. As a continuation of the Puffin In Bloom series, I hand-painted the cover artwork with gouache paint while incorporating details and themes from each story. These beautiful books are wonderful display-worthy keepsakes and I look forward to having them in my home for myself and my children."

Dana Leydig, Executive Editor & Associate Director of Publishing adds, “Anna’s timeless aesthetic and romantic palette are a perfect pairing for the works of beloved regency novelist Jane Austen. We’re delighted to collaborate again with Anna on this exciting extension to the Puffin in Bloom collection- a gorgeous set of books that readers (myself included!) will cherish and gift year round.”

Fans of the Puffin in Bloom series or Bond’s designs can add these stunning new editions to their shelves, while new readers can discover Austen’s engaging and romantic coming-of-age stories for the first time.

Emma (ISBN: 9780593622476; $17.00): Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen’s most flawless work.

Pride & Prejudice (ISBN: 9780593622452; $17.00): Mr. and Mrs. Bennet live with their five daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who moves into a house nearby with his two sisters and friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth, but she finds him arrogant and self-centered. When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she refuses. But perhaps there is more to Darcy than meets the eye.

Sense & Sensibility (ISBN: 9780593622469; $17.00): 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.

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until May 1817, when she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817.

Anna Bond is an artist, designer, and entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and chief creative officer of Rifle Paper Co., an international stationery, accessories, and home brand based in Winter Park, Florida, and SoHo, New York. Founded in 2009 with her husband Nathan, the couple organically grew the brand from an apartment-based business to a multi-million dollar brand carried in thousands of stores around the world. Beyond Rifle Paper Co., Anna enjoys illustration, interior design, and, most of all, trying to keep up with her five young children.

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