{"product_id":"pride-and-prejudice-a-coloring-classic-isbn-9781524701123","title":"Pride and Prejudice: A Coloring Classic","description":"Fall in love all over again with Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e in this wonderful coloring book featuring beautifully intricate patterns and details, classic quotations, and iconic scenes to color in. Includes a fascinating guide to the Victorian language of flowers and a gorgeous foiled cover.Though the domain of \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At 21, she began a novel called “The First Impressions,” an early version of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1801, on her father’s retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear in print was \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1814), and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1815).After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand revised \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Her last work, \u003ci\u003eSandition\u003c\/i\u003e, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e in 1818.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChellie Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e studied applied arts at the University of Derby, and had a brief stint as a designer in retail. She is an artist based out of the UK, where she enjoys living in the beautiful and historic Peak District. She is the illustrator of the popular \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e titles in the Coloring Classics series of books.","brand":"Doubleday Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301237575909,"sku":"NP9781524701123","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781524701123_9950d0d2-3735-44f7-a130-905cf6e8f8f2.jpg?v=1742923536","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pride-and-prejudice-a-coloring-classic-isbn-9781524701123","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}