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		<title>The Phantom of the Opera</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf. The Phantom of the Opera&#160;tells [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The Phantom of the Opera</em>&nbsp;tells the tale of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House. Mesmerized by the talents and beauty of the young soprano Christine, the Phantom lures her as his protégé and falls fiercely in love with her. One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories, Leroux&#8217;s suspenseful tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy is both dark and moving in its portrayal of Erik, the anti-hero in his yearning for Christine. The novel has been adapted into several formats, most notably a 1925 silent film directed by Rupert Julien and a 1986 musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber,&nbsp;the most successful theatrical show of all time.</p>
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		<title>Mansfield Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Austen&#8217;s wittily satiric and profound novel, in a beautiful new clothbound edition Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Taken from the poverty of her parents&#8217; home in Portsmouth, Fanny [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Austen&#8217;s wittily satiric and profound novel, in a beautiful new clothbound edition</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Taken from the poverty of her parents&#8217; home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle&#8217;s absence in Antigua, the Crawford&#8217;s arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen&#8217;s first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.</p>
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		<title>Sense and Sensibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beautifully designed, clothbound edition</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 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&#8217;s warning that her impulsive behaviour 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 &#8211; and its threatened loss &#8211; 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.</p>
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		<title>Northanger Abbey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A sparkling literary satire and an Austen favourite, in a beautiful new clothbound edition Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A sparkling literary satire and an Austen favourite, in a beautiful new clothbound edition</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine&#8217;s love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father&#8217;s mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen&#8217;s works.</p>
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		<title>Emma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Now a major motion picture starring Anya Taylor-Joy Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich &#8211; and single &#8211; Emma Woodhouse is perfectly [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beautifully designed, clothbound edition</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Now a major motion picture starring Anya Taylor-Joy</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of Penguin&#8217;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich &#8211; and single &#8211; 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&#8217;s most flawless work.</p>
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		<title>Pride and Prejudice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Jane Austen’s timeless classic that explores the intricate complexities of love, societal expectations, and the power of overcoming prejudice—now in a beautiful clothbound hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Jane Austen’s timeless classic that explores the intricate complexities of love, societal expectations, and the power of overcoming prejudice—now in a beautiful clothbound hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.</strong><br><br>When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip, and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.</p>
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		<title>Frankenstein</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brilliant young scientist Victor Frankenstein’s drive to create life leads him to animate a creature assembled from the bodies of the dead. Horrified at the result, Frankenstein flees. Alone, it learns of its ghastly nature and dreams of how it might find some kind of happiness. Seeking out Frankenstein, the creature offers a terrible ultimatum, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Brilliant young scientist Victor Frankenstein’s drive to create life leads him to animate a creature assembled from the bodies of the dead. Horrified at the result, Frankenstein flees. Alone, it learns of its ghastly nature and dreams of how it might find some kind of happiness. Seeking out Frankenstein, the creature offers a terrible ultimatum, create for it a companion or suffer its merciless revenge.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since its first publication in 1818&nbsp;<em>Frankenstein</em>&nbsp;has become a literary classic and a celebrated fixture of pop culture. Filmed repeatedly and generating dozens of sequels both in print and on screen, Mary Shelley’s novel still stands alone as a source of chilling thrills and macabre atmosphere while continuing to generate fresh insights and interpretations. Frankenstein, the man of science unprepared for what he has created, and his creation, a misbegotten innocent turned to the dark side by rejection and loneliness, are unforgettable characters with ageless appeal. Their conflict, and their strange bond, leads them from Germany to England and finally to a tragic climax far into the frozen North.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of&nbsp;<em>Frankenstein</em>&nbsp;is both modern and readable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since our inception in 2020,&nbsp;<strong>Mint Editions</strong>&nbsp;has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>
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		<title>Carmilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The riveting Vampire novel published in 1872 which inspired Bram Stoker&#8217;s&#160;Dracula Atmospheric, sensual and utterly riveting,&#160;Carmilla&#160;is the novel that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A true gothic masterpiece, this titillating tale is a must-read for any fan of vampire literature. A haunting presence lurks among the secluded castles and rolling mountains of Styria, home to a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The riveting Vampire novel published in 1872 which inspired Bram Stoker&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Dracula</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Atmospheric, sensual and utterly riveting,&nbsp;<em>Carmilla</em>&nbsp;is the novel that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A true gothic masterpiece, this titillating tale is a must-read for any fan of vampire literature.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A haunting presence lurks among the secluded castles and rolling mountains of Styria, home to a lonely young woman called Laura. Upon the arrival of the mysterious Carmilla, Laura is instantly intoxicated. Upending the solitude Laura knows so well, the two young women form an intense connection that transforms her world. But a terrible truth begins to dawn on Laura and her father as they grapple with inexplicable events they only witness in the presence of Carmilla, who grows stranger and leaves more questions unanswered with the passing of each fitful day.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Irish writer and academic Jarlath Killeen.</p>
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		<title>Carmilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sheridan Le Fanu’s queer Gothic pre-Dracula&#160;vampire tale, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square &#38; Co. Signature Gilded Editions line. Laura&#8217;s sheltered life in Austria is forever changed by the arrival of Carmilla, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger whose obsession with Laura is both sensual and destructive. A foundational and unconventional work [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Sheridan Le Fanu’s queer Gothic pre-</strong><em><strong>Dracula</strong></em><strong>&nbsp;vampire tale, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square &amp; Co. Signature Gilded Editions line.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Laura&#8217;s sheltered life in Austria is forever changed by the arrival of Carmilla, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger whose obsession with Laura is both sensual and destructive. A foundational and unconventional work of vampire literature that predates Bram Stoker&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Dracula&nbsp;</em>by 26 years,&nbsp;<em>Carmilla</em>&nbsp;has also inspired authors like Carmen Maria Machado and Kat Dunn.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This edition also includes&nbsp;<em>The Room in the Dragon Volant</em>, wherein a man&#8217;s obsession with a mysterious countess pulls him into a deadly conspiracy.</p>
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		<title>Rebecca (National Book Award Winner): Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ONE OF&#160;TIME MAGAZINE&#8216;S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The only hardcover edition of Daphne du Maurier’s beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery.&#160;Rebecca&#160;has twice been adapted for film and was named a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick. The unassuming young heroine of Daphne du Maurier’s&#160;Rebecca&#160;finds her life changed overnight when [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>ONE OF&nbsp;<em>TIME MAGAZINE</em>&#8216;S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The only hardcover edition of Daphne du Maurier’s beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery.&nbsp;<em>Rebecca</em>&nbsp;has twice been adapted for film and was named a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The unassuming young heroine of Daphne du Maurier’s&nbsp;<em>Rebecca</em>&nbsp;finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Rescuing her from an overbearing employer, de Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish coast—but there things take a chilling turn. Max seems haunted by the memory of his glamorous first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy is lovingly tended by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers. As the second Mrs. de Winter finds herself increasingly burdened by the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, she becomes determined to uncover the dark secrets that threaten her happiness, no matter the cost.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Everyman&#8217;s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author&#8217;s life and times.</p>
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