Another entrant in the Ugly and/or Bizarre Jane Austen Novel Cover Archives
Alert Janeite Lisa A. found this Persuasion cover on Flickr. This falls into both the ugly AND bizarre categories, we think.
ETA: We heard from the artist who made the “cover,” and he said it is a joke, and we think rather a good parody on some of the hilariously horrifying REAL covers we’ve seen! To wit:
Captain Wentworth for Old Spice
Primary Colored Gowns: All the Rage in Regency England
Return to Northanger Abbey: the 25th Anniversary Reunion Special
September 10th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Wow…I wouldn’t want that on my bookshelf!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:45 am
The synopsis ist especially dumb. Sounds like a good approach for a movie, though. (/snark)
September 10th, 2007 at 7:06 am
Is she ‘waxing’ her legs??? What cover! How horrible!
September 10th, 2007 at 7:17 am
revealing a leg?! how rude! And the synopsis- well, really gives a feeling for the intelligence and elegance of the novel, don’t you think?
Okay, enough sarcasm; bright pink and sick-yellow? Nice. (darn it there’s the sarcasm again!)
September 10th, 2007 at 8:23 am
I luved the reference to Capt. W’s twisted preference for teenaged girls! Whoever wrote this has quite a sense of humor.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:24 am
W. T. F. ??????????????????
September 10th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Perhaps the artist was thinking of Anne Bancroft?
“Koo-koo-ka-choo, Miss Anne Elliot/Wentworth loves you more than you will know … “
September 10th, 2007 at 10:50 am
What????
Why is it that Persuasion attracts bad cover artists?
*goes to cry in a corner*
September 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
oh god, who is the graphic designer who put yellow on bright pink???
September 10th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
YIKES!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hmmmm. Okay, maybe the existence of Photoshop has made me overly suspicious, but I can’t help wondering if perhaps this is not a REAL book cover.
At least, I’m hoping…
September 10th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Poor Captain Wentworth! To have him depicted as being some sort of creep with an almost perverted interest in young girls is just too much!
September 11th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Wondered why so many people were looking at my pic and found this link.I’m not an artist - I just wasted an hour knocking up a spoof Persuasion cover for my own twisted amusement. It was meant to be as lurid as possible. Personally, I think my worst misdeed was to crop an excellent sketch by Goya, who also happened to be a genius.
September 11th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Hi Wally! Thanks for dropping by with an explanation. We’re not normally humorless around here, and now that I understand what it is I find it rather funny. But if you’ve seen what we’ve seen in the Bad Jane Austen Book Covers category, you would understand our reaction! (And I think you did an excellent job spoofing them!)