Tuesday, February 05, 2013

'The Bell Jar' Cover Inspires Online Parodies


When the UK publisher Faber released the cover art for a 50th anniversary edition of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, online critics attacked the controversial cover image. What do you think? Below, we've collected parody book covers inspired by the updated cover, including A Hunger Games-themed cover

  1. Here is the new cover for the classic book...
  2. Debate raging about new @FaberBooks cover for 'The Bell Jar'. Too chick-lit? What do you think? http://pic.twitter.com/Xl29DF9L

  3. Here are a few of the parody covers created by Twitter readers.

  4. Based on what little I know about the novel, I have made a book cover of "The Bell Jar" Hire Me! http://pic.twitter.com/A6kQddvK
  5. I was hired freelance to do a little damage control re. Sylvia Plath's THE BELL JAR cover. Here's the new one - http://pic.twitter.com/triRC1A9
  6. Guys it's okay Faber have announced that they're revising their cover of The Bell Jar http://pic.twitter.com/ulfEvBqt
  7. RT @NellFrizzell: Don't worry guys, I've fixed The Bell Jar front cover http://pic.twitter.com/p5E2bPVj
  8. I quite like the new cover design for The Bell Jar: http://pic.twitter.com/8DX540wu

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