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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
Penguin UK has stated that the cover is not intended to represent specifically any of the children in the book including Veruca. It is intended to depict the "light and dark" aspects of life.
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Hi Bookworm_Girl, I addressed that at the end of a previous post:
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Originally Posted by sun surfer
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I do think the publishers are lying about one point though - I do think this image, or the inspiration to use this image anyway, was based on Veruca Salt. The image was culled from an, I think, unrelated fashion shoot, but the girl certainly could be a twisted and stylised photographer's interpretation of Veruca and I think that's what the publishers saw. I have seen many other books, including many classics, with covers not directly related to the book, usually instead being a painting or photograph that somehow evokes some aspect of the book. This book is no different and I think the cover evokes in particular Veruca but more generally children as a product of their environment and their guardians, which is shown in extremes in the book and on this cover.
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