As a young person, I was quite the bookworm.
I have to admit that over the past few years, reading has lost its romantic side.
I miss the days when I would curl up with a book and read for hours and hours until my eyes hurt and could read no more.
I've decided to reread (or read for the first time!) some of the classics.
The books shown above are issued by Penguin Classics (of course) and I would like one of each, please.
These are really beautiful copies of the classics. Go Penguin Classics!
Enjoy!
Posted by: chez danisse | 11/16/2009 at 07:58 PM
OH, I saw those books at Borders once and I couldn't stop stroking them!
Posted by: Aurelia | 11/17/2009 at 02:52 AM
Oh. Me too.
I have pictures of these on my computer as a "hint" to my boyfriend. I think they are even on sale here right now!!
I still read, at the expense of proper sleep, until the words start dancing around the page. :)
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Posted by: Andrea | 11/17/2009 at 08:29 AM
I've seen these before and absolutely love them! So cute.
Posted by: HereBeDragons | 11/17/2009 at 09:13 AM
There was an interview in the recent Frankie magazine with the designer of those covers (can't recall the name just now...)
Posted by: teresa | 11/18/2009 at 09:10 PM
these are the kind of books you don't mind packing and moving from house to house because they're so pretty, you want to hold onto them. Abby, I'm so like you. I think I wear contacts today because I used to read insatiably when I was younger. And then suddenly when I got thrown into the workforce after college, my reading teetered off to snippets of time here and there I normally find on a subway. so sad.
Posted by: Jen Jafarzadeh | 11/24/2009 at 10:10 AM