JACK DUNLEAVY is impressed by the presentation and artwork of a new edition the French classic, yet finds that the text itself becomes secondary.
Since 2004, London based publishing company Four Corners Books have been collaborating with contemporary artists to produce a series of ‘Four Corners Familiars’, new, artistic and innovative editions of classic novels. Though the pairing of contemporary design and 19th century fiction sounds problematic (as in Penguin’s grotesque range of ‘Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions’), Four Corners Books are consistently attractive, both on the cover and inside the book.
