Saturday, May 11, 2013

How Do You Like Your Classic Lit: In a Ball Gown or Lingerie?


Penguin and Clandestine Classics have very different takes on how to lure buyers into buying new editions of classic literature: one amps up the class, the other, the crass.
Clandestine Classics adds explicit sex to novels by Jane Austen and others where none existed before. It is a cynical ploy to generate sales or just a bit of harmless fun?
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