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20 Amazing Reimagined Book Covers

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[...] also beautiful, and in case you had doubts about that, check out this link from Flavorwire with 20 reimagined book covers. I swooned! Which one’s your favorite? I chose The Great [...]

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[...] reimagines 20 well-known book covers in new quirky, pretty, or tongue-in-cheek [...]

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[...] example, I would choose this cover for my digital copy of Macbeth (via Flavorwire). It’s much cooler than my current digital Macbeth cover, which just says [...]

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[...] Flavorwire nous propose un joli travail artistique dédié aux livres. Une poignée d’artistes se sont mis récemment à réinventer les couvertures des livres classiques qui les ont le plus marqués. Et ils le font à merveille pour des bouquins qui ont bercé notre enfance ou marqué notre évolution ! [...]

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[...] Flavorwire: 20 Amazing Reimagined Book Covers Share this:EmailFacebook This entry was posted in authors, book covers, movies, poetry, YA [...]

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 Kroatisches Küstenpatent hauntingly beautiful horror film soundtracks according to

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I love the trend to using embroidery on covers. Books as beauty are back? My mother always used to say, "Books are beautiful!" I love the new Hobbit cover! Sweet!

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Franny and Zooey is Grreat! Love it. I want a T-shirt of it :)

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Love all of them, but surprised that you didn't take a look at Coralie Bickford-Smith's clothbound Penguin Classics series. They are GORGEOUS.

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Casting a vote for Moby Dick. Crisp and attractive -- @owlcanyonpress

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Think Moby Dick, The Raven, The Dubliners, Emma and MacBeth are great. But The Hobbit, Pride and Prejudice, The Golden Compass & The Great Gatsby are all a major letdown - they completely miss the mood & flavour of the fantastic story between the covers...

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Does anyone know where I can get that copy of Emma?

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DUDE. You get a chance to create your own cover for some of the most classic stories of all time and THIS is the crap we get? Looks like a sale pile at a Boarders that's about to shut down. Macbeth was cool.

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Jillian Tamaki's "Black Beauty" is a bit too similar to E. Michael's original "Catcher in the Rye" cover. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Rye_catcher.jpg

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i missed the amazing part

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Also... picturebookreport.com ;)

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These covers suck.

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Gatsby, Hobbit, are pretty lame. Only awesome one is the Dubliners.

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Jane Austin: too sweet

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I think the "Lolita" one is my favourite. Some of the others are interesting pieces of art, but they miss the mood of the book.

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I can see the poe one becoming a highly popular hipster tshirt....

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The girl on the Catcher in the Rye cover is Holden's little sister Phoebe - it's at the end of the book when they run away (hence the suitcase) and he gives the hunting hat to her.

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I like the 1984 cover and the hair reminds me of Mojo Jojo for The PowerPuff Girls

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Why is there a girl on the cover of Catcher in the Rye? Re-imagining of the books protagonist?

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