William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he
studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also
studied English and published his first book, a collection of
poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during
World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's
other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Free
Fall, Pincher Martin, The Double Tongue, and Rites of Passage,
which won the Man Booker Prize.
Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web
designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of
directors, has been named a Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" in art
and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of Print Magazine's
"New Visual Artists". She has designed for Wes Anderson,
McSweeney's, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others. She
resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.
Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by
Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books
Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design
Award
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"[Penguin Drop Caps] convey a sense of nostalgia for the tactility
and aesthetic power of a physical book and for a centuries-old
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"The Penguin Drop Caps series is a great example of the power of
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approach to the literary classics reduces the design down to
typography and color. Each cover is foil-stamped with a cleverly
illustrated letterform that reveals an element of the story. Jane
Austen's A (Pride and Prejudice) is formed by opulent peacock
feathers and Charlotte Bronte's B (Jane Eyre) is surrounded by
flames. The complete set forms a rainbow spectrum prettier than
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-Rex Bonomelli, The New York Times
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