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Cover of Lolita in "Red Classics" series
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Sandy Klein forwarded a link to an entry in the Observer blog that
criticizes several unfortunate new book covers in Penguin's "Red
Classics" series, including one for Lolita:
[. . .] This year has brought us two new editions of Jane Austen - one
from Penguin Red Classics, and one from Headline. Both look pretty
awful, if you ask me - Georgette Heyer meets Jane Green is the best
description I can come up with. Likewise with Bronte's Wuthering Heights
or Nabokov's Lolita: have a look yourself. [. . .]
Here's the blog site:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/07/21/dont_fudge_a_bo.html
And here's the link to the images of Penguin's covers:
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/static/cs/uk/10/minisites/penguinreds/index.html
Finally, clicking on the cover of Lolita leads to this description of
the novel: "Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college
professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who
he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued
poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? ... Or is he all of
these?"
SES
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criticizes several unfortunate new book covers in Penguin's "Red
Classics" series, including one for Lolita:
[. . .] This year has brought us two new editions of Jane Austen - one
from Penguin Red Classics, and one from Headline. Both look pretty
awful, if you ask me - Georgette Heyer meets Jane Green is the best
description I can come up with. Likewise with Bronte's Wuthering Heights
or Nabokov's Lolita: have a look yourself. [. . .]
Here's the blog site:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/07/21/dont_fudge_a_bo.html
And here's the link to the images of Penguin's covers:
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/static/cs/uk/10/minisites/penguinreds/index.html
Finally, clicking on the cover of Lolita leads to this description of
the novel: "Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college
professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who
he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued
poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? ... Or is he all of
these?"
SES
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