The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector’s items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture. Now, Toledo’s signature style graces the covers of three new Deluxe Editions of gothic literature greats – Jane Eyre, Dracula, and The Picture of Dorian Gray – capturing the haunting beauty, sensual horror, and decadence of these iconic tales. Perfect additions to the first set of Couture Classics: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, and The Scarlet Letter.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Staff Choice: Bruna
This was so much fun!
Of course everybody knows Dracula, it is the OG vampire novel of all time and it created the ground rules for every vampire story out there (even though this wasn’t the first vampire novel ever written).
The fun starts with the layout of the novel, the chapters are interlocked with letters and newspaper clippings, which makes you feel like a detective, discovering things alongside with the characters. I wasn’t expecting this dynamic and it made the reading very addictive.
This is a great gothic story with heroes and villains, paranormal activities, mysterious castles, haunting ruins, and it is also a great discussion on Victorian culture.
The book is very atmospheric and has an ambiance of darkness and fog that makes a perfect reading during the winter months.
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