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Mr Jones
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804943991
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $21.00

Mr Jones

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5 Oct 2023
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9 Jan 2024
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One of the titles in an exciting series of beloved, charming and spooky ghost stories, brought to life by legendary illustrator Seth.

When Lady Jane Lynke unexpectedly inherits Bells, a beautiful country estate, she declares she'll never leave the peaceful grounds and sets about making the house her home. But she hasn't reckoned on the obstinate Mr Jones, the caretaker she's told dislikes her changes, yet never seems able to be found.
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804943991
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $21.00
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About the authors

Seth

Seth's comic book series, Palookaville, has been collected into It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken and Clyde Fans. He is an illustrator for The New Yorker and the designer of best-selling The Complete Peanuts. His humorous graphic novel about the obsession for comic-book collecting, Wimbledon Green, was published by Cape in 2006.
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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was born in New York City on January 24, 1862. Edith married Teddy Wharton, who was 12 years older. They lived a life of relative ease with homes in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Edith became a prolific writer and produced over 40 books in 40 years. Edith divorced Teddy in 1912, having no immediate heirs, and never married again. She was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and a full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her novels became so popular that Ms. Wharton was able to live comfortably on her earnings the rest of her life. Edith continued to write until a stroke took her life in August 1937.
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Praise for Mr Jones

[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth... [offers] chills-and charm.

John Williams, New York Times

I just bought my set of these and they... are... PERFECT. I hope they do these every year.

Patton Oswalt

Each of these tiny books-20 volumes now-is cleverly illustrated by the cartoonist known as Seth. Even smaller than a Christmas card, they make fun literary stocking stuffers.

Ron Charles, Washington Post

Seth's evocative covers and black-and-white interior illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the stories ... Highly recommended for the horror lovers looking for something special in this post-Halloween season.

Blu Gilliand, Cemetary Dance

The Seth editions are harbingers of a Christmas ghost story revival.

Nathalie Akinson, Zoomer