Reason #284 To Wish We Had Graphic Design Skills

Slate recently commissioned pulp covers for classic books and honestly, we can imagine no better tribute to the great works of literature. You may think we're kidding or being smart alecky, but we're not. The idea totally appeals to our respect for things both high and low.

In fact, we're so charmed by the idea that if we were graphic designers, we'd be hard at work right now, crafting pulp covers for our favorite books. 

Imagine all the bodice-ripping, scandal-insinuating possibilties for titles that sound juicy [The Lover, The House of Mirth, Portrait of a Lady] or abstract [One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Speak Memory] or just plain dull [Housekeeping, In the Lake of the Woods.]