Different Countries/Different Covers


One book. Lots of cool covers.

From Amazon.co.jp:

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From Amazon.co.uk:

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From Amazon.fr:

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Can anyone find any other cool covers for Plath’s The Bell Jar?


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Posted by , Thursday, August 11, 2005, at 7:18 AM.
Posted to Book design

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I seems that what they have in common is that they’re all pretty lousy.

J. , August 12, 2005 11:21 AM (#)

I don’t know, J. I think that I like the third one but it feels sort of 1995ish.

May I ask you what you think of the third cover?

Amanda Smith , August 12, 2005 1:45 PM (#)

May I ask you what you think of the third cover?

I assume you mean the white, French cover?

Bo-ring. It tells me nothing about the novel - not that every cover has to (one of my favorite covers is the original “Catcher In The Rye”), but to have something that bland and horsey for such an evocative novel is a missed opportunity, imo.

J. , August 12, 2005 1:55 PM (#)


Icelandic translation cover:

http://www2.bokatidindi.is/myndefni/bokamyndir/0284_K1690.jpg

Kári Tulinius , August 17, 2005 2:29 PM (#)


I don’t have any way of putting the picture online, but my copy is lots of concentric circles. It’s pretty ugly. This is a Faber&Faber edition from 1978

Dan , August 23, 2005 12:37 PM (#)

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