The book is priced at £34.95 and is available at the link above. Wilson writes of Waugh’s skill for crafting memorable characters in the newly commissioned introduction to this edition. Brockway also designed the striking binding art – an evocative portrait for the front and subtle motifs of swirling cigarette smoke on the back. Here, he has created stylised scenes that take us straight back to Brideshead and its characters’ devil-may-care lives. His work will be well known to Folio readers, with recent commissions including the Maigret collection. To illustrate one of the greatest literary masterpieces of the 20th century, we worked with woodcut specialist Harry Brockway. According to the Society’s online announcement:

This is a 344-page hardback book in a slipcase, with an introduction by novelist and critic A N Wilson. Wilson introduces the novel that most profoundly “understands misunderstanding.The Folio Society has issued a new illustrated edition of Brideshead Revisited in its Autumn collection. Illustrator Pierre Mornet contributes insightful portraits of the unforgettable cast of characters, and critic A.N. Middlemarch by George Eliot – One of the monuments of world literature gets a monumental new edition, in honor of the centenary of the author’s birth. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – A very well-thought-out and designed edition of Steinbeck’s short but powerful novel, with dramatic color and black-and white illustrations by James Albon, including a wrap-around illustrated slipcase.

The poems are arranged alphabetically by title, which makes for some interesting juxtapositions. The Folio Book of Children’s Poetry– A charming collection of assorted children’s favorites, from classic and modern authors. The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Winner of the annual Folio/House of Illustration competition, this selection of ten of the greatest and most famous Holmes stories features atmospheric illustrations by Max Löffler. How To See Fairiesby Charles Van Sandwyck – An homage to Arthur Rackham, these are short tales, poems, and vignettes previously printed privately by the author/illustrator, now available to all in a gorgeous deluxe format. One of the last projects Le Guin worked on toward the end of her life, approving the illustrations by David Lupton, who also illustrated A Wizard of Earthsea for Folio.īrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh – A new edition of one of the great classics of the twentieth century, with two-color woodcuts by Harry Brockway. Le Guin – I reviewed this landmark science fiction novel recently here.

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