{"id":412,"date":"2014-10-15T22:57:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T02:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/guiltypleasures\/?p=412"},"modified":"2014-10-15T22:57:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T02:57:50","slug":"412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/guiltypleasures\/2014\/10\/15\/412\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"
I compared \u00a0the book covers of the Oxford edition and Penguin Classics edition. The two book covers are slightly different, however, neither cover gives us a full sense of the plot of the story.<\/div>\n
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In the Penguin Classics edition, the frontal upper half of Lady Audley\u2019s body is illustrated. You can tell that the entire story revolves around Lady Audley evidenced by the title of the book and the fact that the front cover depicts only her. You can tell that Lady Audley is pretty and possibly wealthy, affording expensive-seeming clothes and jewelry. Her facial expression appears to be rather stern, however. The cover of the Oxford edition shows the back of Lady Audley\u2019s head looking down. This cover does not give the reader much information about Lady Audley or the book in general. Her positioning away from the view of the reader implies that she might be hiding something and she seems very mysterious.<\/div>\n
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Neither of these covers emphasize a whole lot about the elements of the novel. Both only show Lady Audley. The Penguin Classics edition cover uses darker color scheme to possibly imply a darker plot. The Oxford edition shows Lady Audley as slightly more innocent, painted with lighter colors, however she is looking down and away, emphasizing a mysterious element to the story.<\/div>\n
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The two covers cold appeal to a number of readers. Both covers definitely would appeal to an intellect as opposed to a more adolescent reader more interested in flashy covers. Both covers would also appeal to readers interested in mystery books considering both illustrate Lady Audley and the story as looking pretty mysterious. This is also evident in the title of the story and the use of the word \u201csecret\u201d.<\/div>\n
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