Penguin UK has redesigned the cover of Roald Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book.
Here is more about the redesign from the publisher’s blog: “This new image for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory looks at the children at the centre of the story, and highlights the way Roald Dahl’s writing manages to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of life, ready for Charlie’s debut amongst the adult titles in the Penguin Modern Classics series.”
Some people responded negatively to the new cover on Twitter.
This looks more like something for American Horror Story not my beloved #CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory pic.twitter.com/rf2KOqZfm7
— SJ Bouquet (@SJBouquet) August 7, 2014
What does this have to do with #CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory – a sexualized dazed female child? @penguinusa pic.twitter.com/A0HGMebKEt
— A Petrova (@AlexeiPetrova) August 7, 2014
While others have praised the new cover.
Loving the new #CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory cover! It's deliciously sinister, just like the book. @PenguinUKBooks
— Lindsay Lowe (@linzlowe) August 7, 2014
Reckon we're fans of @PenguinUKBooks new cover for #CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory. #Twisted and brave. pic.twitter.com/BUfIbbJtZC
— beggars run (@beggarsrun) August 7, 2014
What do you think?