Series: Embellished Manuscripts Collection

Jane Austen, Persuasion (Embellished Manuscripts Collection) Pencil Case (Wrap Closure) by Paperblanks offers a unique tribute to one of literature’s most beloved authors. Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818) is renowned as the author's most biting and ironic work. In this novel, Austen delivers both a satisfying love story and a critical view on the kinds of persuasion imposed on young women....

The compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart continue to inspire music lovers. The ballet score entitled La Chasse, reproduced here, is believed to have been composed in Paris in 1778. Chasing and hunting themes, typically featuring shepherds, shepherdesses, and Cupid frolicking together, were popular motifs of the time.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) is a classic of children's literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale's collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) is a classic of children's literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale's collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), long considered the greatest of English writers, left few traces of his handwriting. The banned play Sir Thomas More (1595) was written and revised by five different playwrights, of whom scholars now believe Shakespeare to be one. The handwritten manuscript on this Paperblanks journal cover portrays his passionate defence of refugees and displaced people.

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), best known for realist fiction like War and Peace and Anna Karenina, is also remembered as a passionate and influential proponent of nonviolence. After experiencing a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, Tolstoy began to closely follow a pacifist doctrine. The letter reproduced on our cover, sent to a Russian conscientious objector, is a...

In defiance of those who preferred sophistication over instinct and emotion, William Wordsworth (1770–1850) helped the Romantic revolution take flight. This Wordsworth, Letter Quoting “Daffodils” Lined Hardcover Journal celebrates Wordsworth’s legacy with an excerpt of a letter he wrote to his friends, defending his work and quoting lines from his now famous Daffodils poem (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud)....

Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818) is the author’s most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen provides a satisfying love story while also offering a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story’s eleventh chapter.

English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Gothic horror novel, Frankenstein, considered to be one of the first works of science fiction, tells of a scientist who creates a sentient being in a morality-pushing experiment. Today, her handwritten draft is held at Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford.

Published in 1969, Maya Angelou’s coming-of-age memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was an immediate national bestseller and a critical success. The book, the first in a series that chronicled her early life through the 1960s, helped to establish Angelou (1928–2014) as a major figure in American letters. On this manuscript page from the book, Angelou captures the...

Published in 1969, Maya Angelou’s coming-of-age memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was an immediate national bestseller and a critical success. The book, the first in a series that chronicled her early life through the 1960s, helped to establish Angelou (1928–2014) as a major figure in American letters. On this manuscript page from the book, Angelou captures the...

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren’s shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story, alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house, set against a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and have been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is one of the most widely read children's book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren's shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

Astrid Lindgren (1907 2002) is one of the most widely read children s book authors in the world. Her books have sold 200 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages. Reproduced here is Lindgren s shorthand draft of a Pippi Longstocking story alongside illustrations of Pippi and her unmistakable house on a pink and mint green background.

A man as tormented as he was beloved, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) overcame a life of extraordinary ups and downs to become a world-renowned playwright, author, and poet. Wilde’s work is fraught with the insights of a man who possessed a deep understanding of both the positives and perils of society. Criticized for what was perceived as an “effeminate nature” and...

French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) was one of the leading painters of the Impressionist movement. He created several thousand paintings in his lifetime and is acclaimed for his portraiture and dreamy landscapes. His works are some of the most well-known and frequently reproduced in the history of art. Impressionists were the radicals of the art world, defying the formal rules...

Jane Austen s Persuasion (1818) is the author s most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen gives us a satisfying love story while also turning a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story s eleventh chapter.

Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818) is the author's most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen provides a satisfying love story while also casting a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion imposed on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story's eleventh chapter.

Jules Verne (1828–1905) is the author of some of the world's most famous books. This Paperblanks Embellished Manuscripts cover in oceanic blue features a page from Verne’s handwritten draft of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The back cover of the journal shows an engraving depicting Captain Nemo observing a squid of colossal dimensions.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) is a classic of children's literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale's collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.

Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818) is the author's most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen provides a satisfying love story while also turning a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here, we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story's eleventh chapter.

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalised French scientist known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. Seemingly contradicting the principle of energy conservation, her discoveries forced a reconsideration of the foundation of physics. For this journal, we have reproduced a page from one of Marie's laboratory notebooks. The Marie Curie, Science of Radioactivity (Embellished Manuscripts Collection) Ultra Lined...

A key member of the Impressionist movement, Claude Monet (1840–1926) painted more than 250 canvases inspired by the play of light and colour upon the lily pond at his Giverny home. This Paperblanks Embellished Manuscripts Collection journal sets an 1888 letter written by Monet to Berthe Morisot, a fellow Impressionist, against a backdrop of one of these famous oil paintings....

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) is a classic of children's literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale's collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age.