Wesley Robins- concept cover

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Concerning my earlier comment about the burning cottage, reading the description of the burning 'cottage', the building on the back of the cover fits the bill exactly.

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maybe as a child I was unusual, but I dont think this cover, or the one eventually chosen, would have particularly attracted me. I remember when I bought my hardback copy of 'The Riloby Fair Mystery' at a school jumble sale aged 12, it was the fact it had the original dust wrapper that attracted me - I loved the old-fashioned look of it. I hate the way the modern covers for most of the various EB series seem to emphasise the comical quirky childish aspects of the books, whereas as a child I always very much went for covers that looked dramatic and 'grown up'. I probably wouldnt have read these stories, because despite the saying, people DO judge a book by it's cover, and I would have imagined these stories were aimed at 'little kids' rather than older children.
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