Press Release: New Edition of Wuthering Heights

 Elegant New Edition of Wuthering Heights Joins Record-Breaking Puffin in Bloom Collection 

 PUFFIN IN BLOOM’S WUTHERING HEIGHTS 

 by Emily Brontë; cover illustrated by Anna Bond

The Puffin in Bloom collection adds another elegant flower to its bouquet with a hardcover edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with original cover art by Rifle Paper Co. co-founder, CEO, and artist Anna Bond. This gorgeous edition of the classic gothic romance blooms on bookshelves January 13th, just in time for the big screen debut of Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. 

 For this timeless tale, Bond has designed a striking new cover that evokes the mood and mystery of the Yorkshire moors. Both new and returning fans of Brontë’s classic will be drawn to this stunning edition of the literary treasure, complete with warm gold foil accents for a special touch.  

Puffin in Bloom is a collection of beloved classics, reimagined with original illustrated covers by Anna Bond of the stationery, home, and gifts brand Rifle Paper Co. Delighting readers and design lovers alike, the collection’s previous editions include Anne of Green Gables, Heidi, A Little Princess, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, The Wizard of Oz, and the all-time top-selling edition of Little Women.   

This stunning publication of Wuthering Heights is sure to captivate collectors, readers, gift-givers, and design enthusiasts eager to elevate their shelves with a keepsake edition of a cherished novel.  

Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848) was the most solitary member of a unique, tightly knit English provincial family. Born in 1818, she shared the parsonage of the town of Haworth, Yorkshire, with her older sister, Charlotte; her brother, Branwell; her younger sister, Anne; and her father, the Reverend Patrick Brontë. All five were poets and writers, and all but Branwell would publish at least one book. Fantasy was the Brontë children’s one relief from the rigors of religion and the bleakness of life in an impoverished region. In 1845, Charlotte Brontë came across a manuscript volume of her sister’s poems. At her sister’s urging, Emily’s poems, along with Anne’s and Charlotte’s, were published pseudonymously in 1846. An almost complete silence greeted this volume, but the three sisters, buoyed by the fact of publication, immediately began to write novels. Emily’s effort was Wuthering Heights; appearing in 1847, it was treated at first as a lesser work by Charlotte, whose Jane Eyre had already been published to great acclaim. Emily Brontë’s name did not emerge from behind her pseudonym of Ellis Bell until the second edition of her novel appeared in 1850. 

Anna Bond is an artist, designer, and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder, CEO, and CCO of Rifle Paper Co., an international stationery, home, and gifts brand based in Winter Park, Florida. Founded in 2009 with her husband, Nathan, the company grew origanically from an apartment-based business to a beloved, multimillion-dollar brand, carried in thousands of stores around the world. Beyond her work at Rifle Paper Co., Anna enjoys illustration, interior design, and, most of all, keeping up with her five young children. 

PUFFIN IN BLOOM’S WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by Emily Brontë; illustrated by Anna Bond
Puffin Books | $19.00 | Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 9798217043408 | on sale January 13, 2026 

Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, is dedicated to its mission of nourishing a universal passion for reading by connecting authors and their writing with readers everywhere. The company, which employs more than 10,000 people globally, was formed on July 1, 2013, by Bertelsmann and Pearson, who own 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively. With nearly 275 imprints and brands on six continents, Penguin Random House comprises adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print and digital English- and Spanish-language trade book publishing businesses in more than 20 countries worldwide. With over 15,000 new titles, and more than 600 million print, audio and eBooks sold annually, Penguin Random House’s publishing lists include more than 80 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.

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Press Release!

Calling all Jane Austen Fans!

Puffin In Bloom has partnered with Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond to create beautiful new covers to breathe new life into Austen’s classics including Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.

Available on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, these fresh iterations feature gorgeous floral designs from Bond and Austen’s engaging, and heartfelt stories that will make for the perfect collectible or gift. 

Puffin In Bloom is a collective series of classics for coming-of-age readers. Collectors of the Puffin In Bloom set will be excited to add these to their shelves.

Pride & Prejudice (9780593622452): Mr. and Mrs. Bennet live with their five daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who moves into a house nearby with his two sisters and friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth, but she finds him arrogant and self-centered. When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she refuses. But perhaps there is more to Darcy than meets the eye. Preorder HERE

Emma (9780593622476): Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen’s most flawless work. Preorder HERE

Sense & Sensibility (9780593622469): Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love-- and its threatened loss--the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. Preorder HERE

About the Author

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until May 1817, when she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817.

About the Illustrator

Anna Bond is an artist, designer and entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and chief creative officer of Rifle Paper Co., an international stationery, accessories, and home brand based in Winter Park, Florida, and SoHo, New York. Founded in 2009 with her husband Nathan, the couple organically grew the brand from an apartment-based business to an multi-million dollar brand carried in thousands of stores around the world. Beyond Rifle Paper Co., Anna is enjoys illustration, interior design, and, most of all, trying to keep up with her four young children.