The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. They do this by proactively collaborating with partners in the field to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to broaden digital access to information. Recovering The Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original book covers for some of the greatest works in the public domain, where anyone can contribute.
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Artist StatementWhere there's wool, they're away. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementFogg Alert — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementLet he who is without Finn . . . — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementMinimalistic book cover for Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea". Originally created for a pitch to a local book buyer for the Spokane County Library District. —...
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Artist StatementI wanted to focus on the title of the book more, so the title is front and center on the cover. The wolf is in front of the St....
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Artist StatementAnne of Green Gables was one of my favorite childhood books which is why I decided that I wanted the opportunity to recover the book. I chose go in...
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Artist StatementTypographic cover with bold, vibrant colors. In contrast with the theme of the book — Roberlan Paresqui
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Artist StatementI am still working on reading the book (it has been on my list for years), but I have tried my hand at researching it. I decided to keep...
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Artist StatementA minimalist approach to a story full of love and drama — Roberlan Paresqui
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Artist StatementTrying to add a bit of surrealism to this classic book. — Roberlan Paresqui
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Artist StatementA very simple depiction of human duality. Not quite good and evil, the expressions are more about doubt, each side aware of the other. It's very clean so rotated...
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Artist StatementCan one really capture the concept of being falsely imprisoned and forgotten about? — Justin Morales
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Artist StatementThe protagonist of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage was a young Union soldier during the US Civil War. Instead of relying heavily on an image of a...
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Artist Statementthe most intense part of the book was Catherine's ghost at the window; illustrator and photoshop with a portrait i did of my mother at age 21; love the...
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Artist StatementThis design was made mainly in Adobe Illustrator, with some elements made first in Photoshop. I focussed on the image of a match, being an important detail in the...
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Artist StatementUndergrounded for life. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementBecause, because, because, because, because... — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementSee you last Wednesday. — Robert Wallman
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Artist Statement100% organic. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementWrite between the buttons. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementInspired by Douglass’s determination to learn to read and write at whatever cost or trouble. Alphabet font is based on Douglass’s own script. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementInspired by this quote from the book, 'My day has been too long.' — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementNow you read it, now you don't. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementKing of Fools — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementMy cover was made mainly in Adobe Illustrator, with some elements painted in Photoshop first, before being vectorised. I wanted to include as many bits of the story as...
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Artist StatementThe most frightening image from this book, to me, was the idea of Dorian's portrait, covered, slowly gathering dust in his spare room. I wanted my cover to portray...
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Artist StatementCover of the Grimm's Fairy Tales with Photoshop CS6. I made it because I was inspired by a modern take on the classic fairy tales. — Ana Filomeno
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Artist Statementpeter pan with tinkerbell; digital, illustrator and photoshop; wanted a simple, easily recognizable portrayal — MARGO ALEXANDER
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Artist StatementI wanted to do something simple and modern at the same time — Kassandra Black
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Artist StatementThis is my version of a cover for The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas. I wanted to reimagine it as a modern cover that would be in fantasy art...
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Artist StatementWuthering Heights is a power book. I wanted to convey that with this cover redesign. I re-imagined Cathy's ghostly hands making an appearance at the beginning of the book....
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Artist StatementThis is my favourite book of all time. I depicted Mr. Rochester and his dog, Pilot on the cover gazing at Thornfield Hall. — Meredith Watson
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Artist StatementFig-geddaboudit. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementYou make me feel like a natural selection. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementTwist and Spout. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementThe original Fab Four. — Robert Wallman
