Makeovers for Dead Authours

[ithildin]

Austen 'too ugly' for book cover

Jane Austen's 'makeover' for the new book cover
Novelist Jane Austen has been given a makeover for the cover of a book about her life after publishers decided an original image of her was unattractive.

"She was not much of a looker," said Helen Trayler, managing director of publisher Wordsworth Editions.

Comments

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

What, she can't look like herself! Fucking zombie makeover!

[cyberducks.livejournal.com]

Sure, lets just tart her up so she looks good to the modern reader....are we really that shallow?

Why does JA have to look like a cover babe?

[pentapus.livejournal.com]

Ok, I rolled my eyes at the description, but once I clicked the link--the image they "adapted" seems not so much a picture of an unattractive woman as just a crappy picture. I would probably have changed it too.