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Dreadful book covers


I was browsing in my local used bookstore this afternoon when I came across this version of East Lynne, by Ellen Wood, published by Rutgers University Press in 1988. East Lynne was originally published in 1861 and was considered "trash"--albeit popular trash--when it came out. Voila, the trashy cover! (If you can't enlarge the image, at the bottom, the caption is, "Look at me! I am your mother!" and the text in the circle at the top by the title reads, "The Great Emotional Drama").
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May 17, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said…
Oh my, that is dreadful! You'd think that in 1988 they could do something a little more aesthetically appealing!
May 17, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Anonymous said…
Yeah, that's a scary one!
May 18, 2008 at 8:53 PM
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