2005 First Folio Society Edtn Slipcase THE LIFTED VEIL By Kathryn Hughes Illus. Peter Suart

2005 First Folio Society Edition 1st Printing Slipcase

THE LIFTED VEIL
By Kathryn Hughes

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Royal octavo (8vo 6 1⁄4 × 10 in 159 × 254 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: The Folio Society, London, 2005
Language: English
Illustrated By: Peter Suart
Collation: [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–498 [499–502]; 12 full-page colour plates.
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002269
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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DESCRIPTION
The Lifted Veil
Women's 19th-Century Stories Introduced by Kathryn Hughes Illustrated by Peter Suart An exceptionally attractive first Folio Society printing of The Lifted Veil: Women’s 19th-Century Stories, published in London in 2005 and bringing together twelve works by some of the most important women writers of the nineteenth century. From Jane Austen and Mary Shelley to George Eliot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Edith Wharton, the collection traces a remarkable century of women's writing through Gothic fiction, psychological tales, social observation and stories concerned with marriage, independence, sexuality, money and the constraints of domestic life. The volume is particularly striking as a Folio production. Peter Suart supplied twelve full-page colour illustrations together with the elaborate binding design: red cloth extensively decorated in dark blue, cream and gilt, with dark blue endleaves and the original dark blue slipcase. Typeset in Monotype Bulmer and printed and bound by Cambridge University Press. A handsome and substantial Folio anthology, with strong appeal to collectors of nineteenth-century literature, Gothic and supernatural fiction, women's writing and illustrated Folio Society editions.

CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Binding: Full red cloth with pictorial design in dark blue, cream and gilt by Peter Suart; dark blue endleaves; original dark blue slipcase. Book: Fine Slipcase: Very Good Fine copy in the original slipcase. The book presents exceptionally well, with bright red cloth, crisp pictorial decoration and strong gilt. Boards and spine remain clean and fresh, with no significant wear. Internally clean and bright, with tight binding and very little evidence of handling. Original dark blue slipcase in Very Good condition, sound and square, showing light shelf-rubbing and minor wear to edges and extremities consistent with storage and use. No significant structural damage apparent. An unusually fresh example of this attractive Folio Society production. Typography: Monotype Bulmer Printed and Bound By: Cambridge University Press Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SYNOPSIS
The Lifted Veil: Women’s 19th-Century Stories gathers twelve works spanning approximately a century of writing by women, illustrating the extraordinary breadth of nineteenth-century short fiction. The collection moves from Jane Austen’s unfinished The Watsons and Mary Shelley’s rediscovered Maurice through the Gothic and supernatural fiction of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and Louisa May Alcott, to George Eliot’s disturbing tale of clairvoyance and psychological isolation, The Lifted Veil. Later stories explore marriage, economic dependence, sexuality, mental confinement and female autonomy. Kate Chopin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Olive Schreiner, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Mew progressively challenge the social and domestic expectations placed upon women. Taken together, the stories form both an absorbing literary anthology and a revealing survey of changing women's lives and voices during the nineteenth century. Contents: Jane Austen — The Watsons Mary Shelley — Maurice, or the Fisher’s Cot Charlotte Brontë — The Green Dwarf Elizabeth Gaskell — The Grey Woman Louisa May Alcott — A Whisper in the Dark George Eliot — The Lifted Veil Kate Chopin — A Pair of Silk Stockings Mary Elizabeth Braddon — The Fatal Marriage Charlotte Perkins Gilman — The Yellow Wallpaper Olive Schreiner — The Buddhist Priest’s Wife Edith Wharton — Souls Belated Charlotte Mew — The China Bowl

AUTHOR BIO
Kathryn Hughes is a British biographer, literary historian and journalist with a particular interest in nineteenth-century social and cultural history. Her work on Victorian literature and biography includes acclaimed studies of George Eliot and Isabella Beeton. Her introduction to this anthology places the twelve stories within the changing social, literary and intellectual world of nineteenth-century women.

ILLUSTRATOR
Peter Suart
Born in Jamaica, brought up in Hong Kong and educated in the United Kingdom, Peter Suart is a visual artist, illustrator, writer, musician and theatrical performer. He studied Illustration at Brighton Polytechnic, graduating in 1984. Working principally in watercolour and pen, as well as collage and cut paper, Suart has produced work for books, periodicals, exhibitions and theatrical productions. For this Folio Society edition he created both the twelve colour illustrations and the elaborate pictorial binding design, giving the volume its distinctive visual character.