My mom picked up this book by Iris Murdoch to read the other day and I just loved the cover illustration on this Vintage Classics edition. The colour on my Instagram shot doesn't really do it justice. Wouldn't it make a cool poster? They sadly don't mention the artist, but it would seem that Vintage Classics is known for their modern and contemporary covers for classic English novels. Here are a few I particularly liked from their
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I like that they keep to a very specific look for each author. The Medea one gives me the shivers, knowing the story, and the Kafka ones are perfectly, well, Kafka-esque. Have you read any of these? Do you ever judge a book by its cover?
fun! my favorites are the verne covers. my kids would be so interested in listening with a cover like that.
ReplyDeletewow...these are such beautiful book covers!
ReplyDeleteI agree Julia, and I think they would look so great in a kids room. I also like the peter pan one for that!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what illustrators can do, and how they can really distill a whole book into a beautiful cover, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteApprreciate this blog post
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