now THIS is a cover fail

[writinchica2k]

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[tabular_rasa]

I wondered if someone was going to post this here. This made me facepalm so hard.

Though I did enjoy the parody Amazon review about how this is actually an alternate version in which Anne dyes her hair blond and sleeps around the Island XD

[blondebeaker]

I betcha whoever designed it never read the book. Anne's hair colour is mentioned a billion times in it.

[ljlee]

To the extent that at least one international version (Korean) is titled Read-Headed Anne.

[missabnormal]

Not just the Korean version, the Japanese version as well. Anne of Green Gables is called Akage no An in Japan (it means 'Red-Haired Anne'), and she's pretty much a cultural icon in Japan. In fact, her red hair is like a trademark for her!

[ljlee]

I'm almost positive the early Korean versions were translated directly from the Japanese. I remember growing up with the dubbed Japanese animation version, too, entitled Red-Haired Anne.

[morwen_peredhil]

Because nothing says Anne of Green Gables like a blonde woman in a plaid shirt with a come-hither look.

[inverarity]

Wow. I've never read the books and I still know that ain't right.

[philstar22]

What the hell? You'd think if nothing else they'd use the picture of Megan Fallows rather than some random blond girl. How did this get not only selected but through any sort of editing process?

[ryl]

But if they used the Megan Follows picture, they'd have to pay someone. Much easier to just rip off a quick stock photo ten seconds before it's due at the press.