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[stringsOf Light]

Perhaps this could be an interesting topic to discuss with your students Edward. Show them different versions of the covers To the Light House, and see in what way they perceive them. It's just a thought, yet something worth exploring. Of course, you could tell them more about the original cover, which would be interesting for them to know, as Vanessa Bell's work would come into the picture.
I believe there is a reason why publishers keep changing the covers from time to time. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Good luck in finding the right cover.

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It's merely a strong personal view - a personal view about anything that represents a work of writing in a different medium, such as a painting or film or anything else. I feel the same way about novels that riff on any of Virginia Woolf's books.


People whom I deeply respect feel differently about these things, so I'll happily withdraw any strong language about it.


But it would be nice to have a current edition that uses the original semi-abstract cover designed by Vanessa Bell. It's what the author wanted.


On 8/3/2024 3:05 PM, stringsOf Light via Vwoolf wrote:
I am a bit confused here Edward, as I don't understand in what way does Alison's illustration come across to you as "vandalism"? It is done in comic format, hence the change of language "Whatever, bros". It is not meant to reflect the actual chosen words in Woolf's book To the Light House. This type of the cover is meant to attract the audience who would not be interested necessarily in picking up Woolf's book to read, perhaps not at all. It makes it quite moder, unusual, in my opinion. It may not be the most fitting cover, but it definitely serves a purpose. What that is, can be only answered by those who would pick it up; find the cover attracting enough to want to know the context of the book more.



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