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\"austencover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Margaret Sullivan\u2019s book,\u00a0Jane Austen Cover to Cover<\/em><\/a>, collects dozens of the covers that publishers around the world have concocted for her six major novels; it\u2019s \u201ctwo hundred years of <\/span>publication, interpretation, marketing, and <\/span>misapprehensions.\u201d These six examples of\u00a0Emma<\/em> indicate Austen\u2019s singular place in the canon: the covers range from the lurid to the leather bound\u2014highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow, every brow\u2014with Emma Woodhouse taking on a new look and mien to suit every era. The art provides a fascinating glimpse into a variety of publishing cultures, and it reminds that even our classics are mutable, pitched to appeal to any number of sensibilities, their literary status in constant flux per the dictates of the market.
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\"Emma_Hugh<\/a>

Hugh Thomson Illustrated Edition, ca. 1895\u20131903. Photo: The Henry and Alberta Hirshheimer Burke Collection and the Winn Family Collection, Goucher College Special Collections<\/p><\/div>

\"Emma_Laurel<\/a>

Laurel Leaf Edition, 1971. Photo: The Henry and Alberta Hirshheimer Burke Collection and the Winn Family Collection, Goucher College Special Collections<\/p><\/div>

\"Emma_Edizioni<\/a>

Edizioni Sas, 1956.<\/p><\/div>

\"Emma_Harperteen\"<\/a>

Harper Teen, 2011.<\/p><\/div>

\"Emma_Abbey<\/a>

Abbey Classics, ca. 1950<\/p><\/div>

\"emma-first-edition\"<\/a>

John Murray\u2019s three-volume first edition, 1816.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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