http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379 Nipping the heels of fashion, some publishers turn to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/06/sexing-classics-teens/54012/">bold book covers</a> to repackage classic novels by Jane Austen and Emily Bront&#235; for the post-<i>Twilight</i> teen market.<p> Others have opted for a more controversial approach in aiming for a more mature audience. <i>Jane Eyre</i>, for example, is getting a "<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_sue">Mary Sue</a> with hea en-us Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:23:15 GMT Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:57:15 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#9 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://50watts.com/BLICKFANG-The-Eye-Catching-Covers-of-Weimar-Berlin">BLICKFANG: The Eye-Catching Covers of Weimar Berlin</a>. Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:57:15 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#8 The other translations are still under copyright, which is why they went with the 1846 version. &nbsp;Yeah, it does say something that they can't come up with a mutually beneficial agreement with the owner copyright of the other translations. Fri, 6 Jul 2012 01:41:42 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#7 I don't know if copyright law has much to do with it, since Monte Cristo would be out from under copyright 100 years ago even under any imaginable regime. What it does say is that Barnes &amp; Nobel were taking the cheapest way out to provide what looked l Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:17:50 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#6 Huh. I didn't even know they did a version. I have a bunch of Christmas songs from them, but nothing else. Thanks!<p>&#10;I kinda like <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLHPp986Hw">this version</a>.<br>&#10; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 05:58:19 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#5 If it's using the 1846 translation, then wouldn't the lesbian subplot have already been significantly cut? &nbsp;Since that's the standard translation that everyone is used to, if it's missing the semaphore bribery scene, doesn't that mean that it addition Wed, 4 Jul 2012 23:02:01 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#4 Well, there has also been a lot of baloney going on with aknowleged classics. Some years ago I bought a Barnes &amp; Nobel paperback of <i> The Count of Monte Cristo</i>. It had a nice cover with a 19th century painting, and a short introduction by a moder Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:42:19 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It's my understanding that book sellers were free to report to the New York Times only the books they wanted to, at least until the mid-70s, so that all the numbers on book sales from that era are untrustworthy, to say the least. I gues Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:41:50 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#2 &nbsp; &nbsp; So were you listening to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rYEiERfKqU">this version</a> of that song while you wrote this up, Gerry? <p>&#10;&nbsp; &nbsp; As far as the covers go, a "new coat of paint" has been an industry s Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:35:08 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/6/29/16542/1379#1 Back in the 1960s John Hershey published a now largely forgotten novel called <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/White-Lotus-John-Hersey/dp/0679725709/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"><i>White Lotus</i></a>, wherin the US is conquered by the Chinese. I Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:36:28 GMT string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/