The visual reception and relationship between a particular book cover and the content of that novel plays a significant role in how larger audience regard the social context of a particular work. Specifically, Alice Walker’s 1982 novel The Color Purple has been a film, a radio broadcast mini-series in Britain as well as a Broadway musical. Certainly, the various iterations of The Color Purple as a novel covers and movie create distinct impressions about the work and Walker.

Below, take a look at the compilation and provide comments on your impressions of the artistic design, the novel, the movie, and Walker as a writer.