Happy Birthday, Pride and Prejudice

In Which We Celebrate the 200th Birthday of Pride and Prejudice, Belatedly

I know, friends. Th 200th birthday of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE was technically yesterday. I’m a little behind. But who said that we can’t celebrate this wonderful book EVERY day?! Not me. I always enjoy checking out different editions of books. I love to see the covers and the different designs. I especially love the way each different cover sends out different vibes. And because I was going for different, I shied away from using covers that have some kind of painting of a young, 19th century woman or women on the cover. We’ve all seen those, right friends? Check out these BEAUTIES instead! You can click the covers for links to Amazon or Barnes and Noble if you’re struck with the desire to flash these pretties on your own shelves!

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Dover Thrift Edition (part of a three-book set)

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Penguin Drop Cap Edition

(Just bought this one myself. It’s RED!)

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Popular Penguins Edition

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Splinter Edition

(GORGEOUS!)

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Belknap/Harvard University Press Hardcover Annotated Edition

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Edition

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Amazon Digital Annotated Kindle Edition

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Signet Classics Edition

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Headline Publishing Edition

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HarperTeen Edition

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Penguin Classics Clothbound Edition

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Illustrated by Hugh Thomson Edition

(This edition’s cover is ALL OVER the place: on shirts, bags, iPhone cases, ereader sleeves. EVERYWHERE.)

Book cover for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Voyager Press 200th Anniversary Annotated Edition

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Digireads Edition

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Marvel Graphic Novel Volume 1

(I can’t even.)

Oooh, Pretty!: Seraphina

Seraphina

by Rachel Hartman

So, when did THIS happen?! I’m SO STOKED about Rachel Hartman’s debut, and this cover is so old-school gorgeous that it’s turning my excitement up to 11. PLUS, according to Rachel herself, the cover is actually a FOR REAL woodblock print. Like, someone carved this awesome into a piece of wood LIKE A CHAMP and then the cover geniuses made a print of it. WORD. I’m done talking now.

Aaaaaaaannnnnnd…BOOM.

SERAPHINA is coming out on July 10, 2012 from Random House Books for Young Readers.