The Friday Face-Off: Pattern

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: A cover with a pattern.

I had a hard time finding a book from my “read” pile, so I decided to feature a bunch of pretty patterned covers, specifically the Penguin Classics editions, which I love! I see these all the time on Instagram and drool every time. Take a look at these beauties:

These are just a few of the many classic editions they’ve published. As far as favorites, I love Great Expectations (I have a thing for chandeliers), Sense and Sensibility and The Odyssey the best.


Which Penguin Classic is your favorite? Do you own any of these?

Posted September 11, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 15 Comments

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15 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Pattern

  1. What a fantastic way to go with this week’ s theme. I very nearly went for a classic myself as I felt sure I’d find one, particularly Austen, with a pretty cover.
    These are amazing. I love quite a few of them for different reasons.
    Dante’s Inferno with the little fiery red creatures. The peacock feathers for Dorian Gray. I love the Sense and Sensibility cover and you’re spot on with Great Expectations, the chandeliers are brilliant and it’s one of my favourite classics.
    Lynn 😀

  2. Ooooooooooooh, I love all of these covers so much! There’s something to be said for simplicity. But I really think it’s the monochromatic themes that do me in every time (this is also why I love those hardcover Discworld covers so much).

  3. I love these, too, Tammy, and I have a few. I love my copy of Alice in Wonderland that has pink flamingos and I have an Austen novel I’m blanking on with red shoes, and it even has the title spelled incorrectly! Wait, now I remember, it’s Love and Friendship (and Friendship is spelled Freindship) which bugs me but then makes me love it too. I also love Hard Times above with the green and the horses. So much to love about these and apparently I can talk all day!

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