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Seems our obsession with beauty extends to dead authors

posted by [personal profile] taperoo2k at 03:54pm on 23/03/2007
Publisher says Jane Austen is too ugly, so they sex her up for the book.
Pathetic, I don't usually buy books based on what an author looks like. I buy them for the words, not the pictures.
What next ? Charles Dickens in Jeans with rippling biceps ?
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posted by [identity profile] miri-me.livejournal.com at 04:55pm on 23/03/2007
o_O

Craziness. This is JANE AUSTEN. People will buy the book. It's that simple.
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posted by [identity profile] taperoo2k.livejournal.com at 05:00pm on 23/03/2007
I only buy the cheap copies of Jane Austen's books.
Because I frankly find her work to be well written but very dull. I guess it's more suited to women (not trying to be sexist). Charles Dickens is more up my street, there is just something magical about his style of writing.
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posted by [identity profile] rastaban43.livejournal.com at 05:05pm on 23/03/2007
Agree. The cover art is of minimal importance - except in the case of people like me who buy books based on their covers.
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posted by [identity profile] taperoo2k.livejournal.com at 05:06pm on 23/03/2007
So you'll be one of those people who buys a book to look cool and then puts it on a bookshelf and never bothers to read it ;-)

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posted by [identity profile] rastaban43.livejournal.com at 05:44pm on 23/03/2007
rolls eyes

Not exactly. Just because I haven't been able to read much in the last few months doesn't mean I don't read.
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posted by [identity profile] rastaban43.livejournal.com at 05:45pm on 23/03/2007
Especially since all of my books are hidden in a closet and very few people ever see them. I'm very protective of my books.
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