To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice , the Collector`s Library will publish its lavishly illustrated edition in colour in January. Jane Austen`s best-loved novel is a memorable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, about the power of reason, and above all about the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions. Here, where Hugh Thomson`s delightful period illustrations were originally black-and-white, they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain`s most accomplished colourists. Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) was the finest exponent of period illustration in what is sometimes known as the `powder and patch` school.