Re: asdf

On 17/05/2024 16:24, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..
 http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/
  PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES
  a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
brag about my beauty of a book, i came across this edition:
  and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
-- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
made...

I'm mainly amused, and have said so if
comments are accepted 5 years after those
articles were posted, by "Vexin Classics"
which I take to be a foxy tribute to the
line of works by female authors in the
imprint of "Wendigo", and by some of /these/
books being illustrated beyond the cover -
which isn't examined there, and I'm
hesitating to volunteer.  Well, except
for _Pride and Prejudice_ where Elizabeth
Bennet is unexpectedly confronted at home
by Lady Godiva.  I will read that.
Indeed I think the typical thing is that
interior art in a fiction book corresponds
to the story better than the cover does,
but I expect that these editions may not
follow that rule.