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 StatementI wanted to add a little bit of pink and give a modern twist to the cover — Kassandra Black
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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 StatementThis is part of my illustration series of authors as catholic saints - Holly Writers. It´s a cartoony Emily Brontë with some elements of the book. — Roberto Lanznaster
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Artist StatementThis cover is part of a series using silhouettes as a main theme. I chose to use silhouettes as a uniting theme because of their historical use in posters,...
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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 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 StatementUp on the roof... — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementThe face in the window is based on a chapter in the book, when a character named Lockwood sees the ghost of Cathy, the dead lover of Heathcliff. Her...