Series Design for the Novels of the Brontë Sisters

With these designs I thought about what connected all of the Brontë's together, both in terms of their work and their careers as writers. All of their novels feature female characters who have identities, behaviours and desires which exist in tension with what their contemporary society expects of them as women. Even the Brontë's themselves, who had to publish under male pseudonyms, found their creativity and professional careers at odds with a literary industry that barred female participation.

I wanted to capture this tension with two versions of each female protagonist on every cover; one that is visually vibrant, and the other that is more controlled, subdued and traditional.