Bookish Matters

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

—Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Classic Covers with a Bit of Sass

Here are book covers I've been noticing and pleased with of late.

Penguins Classics Deluxe Editions:




And Collins Design:


I also noticed they are making special editions of classics aimed at teens. Harperteen looks suspiciously like Twilight:





That's all.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    I really like the Jane Eyre one. It reminds me of the castle on the hill in Young Frankenstein.

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  2. RhiannonMarch 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    Hmmm, I have been thinking a lot about design lately.

    These are pretty.

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  3. Sergey UrlapovMarch 26, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Probably same book cover designer or same organization. Black, white and red is CHEATING btw.

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  4. EsmeMarch 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    @Sergey

    Cheating? Is it too easy?

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  5. Sergey UrlapovMarch 26, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Yap =). It's a striking color combination and it always work. Not only that it also works tone wise every time. Black as background, white as contrast and red as accent O_o. Lazy solution =)

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