New Brontë paperbacks by Harper Collins in the Collins Classics collection:
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
ISBN: 978-0-00-735080-3
Format: Paperback
Imprint: HarperPress
UK: 01 April 2010
Australia: 01 September 2010
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.' Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield that she finds happiness. Meek, measured, but determined, Jane soon falls in love with her brooding and stormy master, Mr Rochester, but it is not long before strange and unnerving events occur in the house and Jane is forced to leave Thornfield to pursue her future.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
ISBN: 978-0-00-735081-0
Format: Paperback
Imprint: HarperPress
UK: 01 April 2010
Australia: 01 September 2010
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?’ Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in its scope, Emily Brontë's masterpiece is considered one of the most unique gothic novels of its time.
Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights
New Brontë paperbacks by Harper Collins in the Collins Classics collection:
The image they chose for the "Jane Eyre" cover hurts my brain. I can't imagine what they were thinking, or else it was put together by someone who knew nothing of the book. She's wearing clothing from the 1700s, by the look of it, and the books in the background (law books, I think) are on 1970s metal library shelves. I felt moved to write a blog entry about it, and even went into HMV where (strangely) they had a huge pile of them, to document it on a secret video camera! (there being so many "Jane Eyres" on Amazon that when I tried to find physical evidence of it to back up my fevered description, I couldn't locate the exact one).
ReplyDeleteIf I was to be charitable, then I might concede that the pose and lighting are quite good but the details are just... not good.
That said, the "Wuthering Heights" cover is quite nice.