Haha….what??

Posted July 8, 2007

women.jpgApparently Little Women was reimagined as a pulp fiction novel, I’m guessing in the 50’s when smut got big.  I’ll do some research, but for now I just really enjoy this cover.

Update — well this isn’t the goldmine I was hoping for, and the backstory isn’t very exciting on this precious cover.  It appears that sometime in March of 2006 there was a contest wherein book designers created pulp covers for classic literary works, Little Women being among them.  I find it interesting that the artist for this cover (Rebecca Cohen, Coco Co.) made the cover actually look aged and well-read, dog-eared and loved for several years.

Check out the other 5, including the Illiad and Alice in Wonderland (my other personal favorite).  http://www.slate.com/id/2142392/

5 Comments so far

  1. onda on July 8th, 2007

    That cover is ridiculous what is she doing to that Paint Brush? ;-)

  2. Jim Groom on July 8th, 2007

    Brilliant!

  3. Dr. C. on July 9th, 2007

    Wow.

    My daughter would say, “OMG.”

    And I’m curious about the series: “An Original Nightstand Book”?!?

    Thanks for turning up that cultural gem! Please report back.

  4. Dr. C. on July 9th, 2007

    Thanks for the extra information. Truth is stranger than fiction, sometimes: you should see the honest-to-goodness pulp cover for the paperback movie-tie-in edition of The Sound and the Fury. Yul Brynner with hair, even.

  5. ELS Blogs rock! at bavatuesdays on July 14th, 2007

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