Literary goodies for the book nerds in your life and curated from our Recovering The Classics campaign - original covers for 100 of the greatest works in the public domain.
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Artist StatementThe Land of Oz is a brightly colored place, divided into five regions: the munchkins (blue), Quadlings (red), Winkies (Yellow), Gillikans (purple) and the Emerald City (green). Underlying this...
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Artist StatementMy version of the cover for Jack London's Call of the Wild was meant to be a basic feel of cold, mountains, and screams or howls if you will....
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Artist StatementAn ode not only to Verne but adventurers from every era. — Bryan Bromstrup
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Artist StatementThis shows Anne with her beloved puffed sleeves. In the background are images of objects from Anne\'s adventures. — Coral Nafziger
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Roberto is a Brazilian illustrator and graphic designer. He loves books, movies, and 2D Animation. Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for 50 of the greatest...
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Artist StatementI made a book cover for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for a design class at Eastern Washington University. I chose to make this bookcover because I had an idea...
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Artist StatementRevolution.. War.. A classic modernized. — Natalia Rodriguez
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Artist StatementTrying to evoke the theme of the book in a unusual way showing how the people of the era lived. — Roberlan Paresqui
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Artist StatementI remember reading this book as a little girl and understanding that how you feel inside does not have to be a reflection of how others see you. —...
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Artist StatementBecause the Beautiful and Damned was set in the early 1920s during the Jazz age, and the main character often sits in the bathtub contemplating his life, I wanted...
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Artist StatementI wanted to create a foreboding atmosphere. The cover depicts snowfall, with snow collecting on Griffin's invisible body. The title and author's name are intentionally transparent, for obvious reasons....
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Artist StatementOscar Wilde lived in a time when being himself was a crime. He ended up in jail for it. Unimaginable conflict. - Vivian Chang
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Artist Statement For this campaign I wanted to do a recovery of the classical illustrations by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! As someone who always loved this story growing...
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Artist StatementThis design displays the colorfulness of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With a modern twist, it shows that the ruby slippers are a focal point of the story. -...
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Artist Statement I created a book cover for Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, depicting the contrast and conflict between the two main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy, through the use...
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Artist Statement Ever since I was a child, reading at night by the hallway light coming through the crack in my bedroom door, books have been an escape to other...
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Artist Statement The Call of the Wild was an important book to me as a kid. It combined my love for nature & wildlife. It definitely inspired me to keep...
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Artist StatementThis cover uses custom art-deco inspired typography and a line drawing of Le Corbusier's iconic "Villa Savoye" to evoke an architectural blueprint. - Trevor Messersmith
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Artist StatementI wanted to make a somewhat daunting read more engaging with illustration and custom type. - Trevor Messersmith
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Artist StatementI put the hypnotizing black and white swirl in the back, creating an illusion-like trance to symbolize Alice’s adventure. I illustrated lively flowers that might be found in Wonderland,...
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Artist Statement"And most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it." — Ed Gaither
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Artist Statement"She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given up the thing you most wanted." —...
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Artist Statement"Peacefully they will die, peacefully they will expire in Thy name, and beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for...
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Artist StatementI wanted to focus on Mina Harker and how she is fundamental to the story of Dracula. I wanted to portray her coming from the darkness of the castle...
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Artist StatementI am an illustrator and surface designer, so I wanted to combine book cover design with an illustrated pattern. — Caroline Stoltzfus
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Artist StatementBeing a huge animal lover, I chose The Story of Doctor Dolittle to illustrate. Doctor Dolittle travels throughout the globe, so the backdrop of the illustration are vintage maps...
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Artist StatementSubmitted in previous version. Thanks! — Paul Morris
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Artist StatementâIf all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty...
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Artist StatementAnother one-shot. This one can also be hung upside down, and then it changes to an African orator in profile. The solitude and agony of Monk-hood seemed an appropriate...
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Artist StatementI made this entire composition on Adobe Illustrator. I wanted to go with a little more modern feel from the original book cover — Julie Jirovec
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Artist StatementI love this project! I chose Winesburg Ohio - emphasizing the hands with an evocative, public domain photograph. — Matt Hinrichs
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Artist StatementAnother print from a personal series re imagined as a playful take on the Nautilus. Let the adventure begin! — Wade Greenberg
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Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for 50 of the greatest works of fiction in the public domain. All Recovering The Classics images are licensed under...
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Artist StatementI want to use the octopus tentacles as a pattern. — Roberto Lanznaster
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"I wanted to create a piece that embodied the pain that we still carry from slavery today." -Gemynii E. Gemynii is a self taught artist who mainly works with painting....
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Artist StatementâPieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!â â Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island — Bryan Bromstrup