Look at how gorgeous these paperbacks are from Sterling’s Classic Lines series. They’re designed by Sara Singh, a fashion illustrator whose art has appeared in Vogue and The New York Times.
In an interview with the New York Times, Singh explained her assignment. “My challenge was to make something that’s classic look appealing to tweens,” she said. “We wanted to make them fashionable and beautiful, with bright colors and handwritten text.”
It’s been a while since I was a tween, but I’d still like to have these works of art (not to mention fabulous works of literature!) on my shelf. Seriously—if you haven’t read Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights or Sense and Sensibility, it’s high time you experienced the passion, humor and unforgettable heroines of 19th-century literature.
Here’s how you can win the books:
TO ENTER: In the comments, tell us the name of your favorite classic OR the name of the classic you’d most like to read.
CONTEST DETAILS: One winner will be chosen by random.org from among entries received by 5 pm CST on Friday, December 28. One winner will receive copies of the two books pictured in this post. Prize must be shipped to a North American address, and Rhode Island residents are not eligible. (Full contest rules here.) Good luck!
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ETA: Congratulations to our winner, Sasha! Her favorite classic is Anna Karenina.
Thanks to all who entered! Contest is now closed.
War and Peace
Wuthering Heights,the art is very beautiful
I haven’t read a lot of classics , but I have been drawn to them . But one of my favorite book I consider a classic would be a tree grows in Brooklyn and I try to read every couple if years because I just love it !!!
Senior year of college I tool a Brontes seminar and I learned how much I do NOT like Victorian literature. However, I loved Jane Eyre.
My favorite classic was Jane Eyre. Many thanks.
A classic that is memorable and One of my very favorites is Rebecca.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Great book!
A Day No Pigs Would Die… makes me cry every time.
I like Pride and Prejudice–I’ve read it and I like the cover art.
I have always loved Little Women.
Jayne Eyre
Reading Anna Karenina right now…I’ve always wanted to read it!
Walden – The perfect book for this season and our troubled times.
Anna Karenina…I have not seen the new movie yet. I will probably wait for the DVD.
That’s a tough one, but Jane Eyre & To Kill a Mockingbird share the top spot with Huck Finn next in line:)
What beautiful cover designs! And I usually have trouble with some of the new covers that are supposed to attract “tweens.”
So many favorite classics, but Anne of Green Gables would be in the top 5. Hope Singh will design more!
toss up between A Tale of Two Cities and Far From the Madding Crowd
Anna Karenina was a favorite! Pride is Prejudice is on my list to read this year.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
I’d like to read The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels & other Cat Valente novels and share with my grasndaughters.
War and Peace is one of my favorites, although I love Little Women too. Some novels by Charles Dickens, like Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities are great too. I guess, overall, that I have a lot of favorite classic novels. Too hard to pick one!
The Secret Garden
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Jane Eyre. Nothing better.
Ahoy Mateys it is Treasure Island!
Pride & Prejudice… or really, any Jane Austen.
My favorite classic is Little Women by Loiusa May Alcott.
Rebecca
Absolutely love Jane Eyre, but also love anything by Steinbeck! So many good books to choose from.
David Copperfield.
A Christmas Carol
I love Great Expectations!
My favorite classic is Jane Eyre.
My all time favorite is Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Have Anna Karenina in my TBR pile.
I have to say Pride and Prejudice
I cannot narrow it down to one but I can list four: The Grapes of Wrath, A Tale of Two Cities, Frankenstein, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (the latter has the most harrowing of scenes, that of Esmerelda’s execution).
Edith Wharton’s book Ethan Frome, my favorite. A great book to read in the winter. I loaned it to a friend, she never returned it. I bought another copy to read over and over.
My favorite classic is Women in Love.
a Tale of Two Cities
Pride and Prejudice and The Scarlet Letter
Little Women
Pride and Prejudice
My favorite classic book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
I haven’t read many classics, but it’s my 2013 goal to read more of them. House of Mirth is on the top of my list so far.
Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. They have both been on my to read list for a long time, but keep getting pushed back by other books.
My favorite classic is probably Alice In Wonderland. These book covers are gorgeous! Thanks for the contest!
Tom Sawyer and Little Women may be my favorite classics left over from childhood days. Wuthering Heights has been on my TBR list forever…..need to move it up!
My all time favorite classic is THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas. It is one book that I always enjoy reading every few years.
My favorite classic is Grapes of Wrath and the one I am looking forward to most is Anna Karenina, which I have never read.
A Light in August by Faulkner. I don’t know if it’s generally considered a “classic” but it was an amazing book.
My favorite: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
My favorite classic is Peter Pan
Pride and Prejudice
I want to re-read all the classics!
I most want to read PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. I can’t believe I’ve never read it, but I’ve always wanted to!
I loved Emma and have shared it with my daughter and granddaughter.
All the covers are so beautiful! I am just starting to read the classics so any of those shown would be great!
Jane Eyre
i have to say Jane Eyre
Beautiful covers! My favorite classic is Anne of Green Gables. I laugh (and cry) every time.
Love Little Women! Too many to count on my to read list
The Count of Monte Cristo
My all time favorite — Pride and Prejudice!
Need to read some Dostoyevsky, but Faulkner is my favorite.
I absolutely loved Anna Karenina and can’t wait to see the movie.
I want to read Pride and Prejudice and just started reading it-exciting!
A Tale of Two Cities
The Grapes of Wrath is my favorite.
I read Jane Eyre every other year, and I always learn something new from it.
Jude the Obscure
Grapes of Wrath. All time favorite. Even went to the John Steinbeck museum in Salinas, CA.
Little Women
My favorite classic is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!
If I can only pick one, I’d say Pride and Prejudice, but I also love Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights!
My favorite classic was the first novel I read alone at age 8: The Little Lame Prince. A Wrinkle in Time and The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler are close seconds and thrids. I’d also like to read Little Women again, as I don’t really remember reading it.
My favorite classic is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – followed by To Kill a Mockingbird.
I would like to read Jane Eyre again. Remember reading it under the covers with a flashlight as a tween when I was supposed to be asleep.
Could re-read Gone with the Wind – over and over again.
Little women
My favorite since I was a young reader was always Jane Eyre.
Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice
Les Miserable, Little Women, Gone With the Wind…
Wuthering Heights
Gone With The Wind and Little Women pop into my mind first but I have enjoyed so many of the others through the years. They’re great to re-read like old friends.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite
Tess of the d’Urbervilles