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Howard Pyle's The merry adventures of Robin Hood

Retells Howard Pyle's tale of the English outlaw Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham who will stop at nothing to capture him.
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Gaston Leroux's The phantom of the opera

2011
Under the Paris Opera House lives a disfigured musical genius who uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer.

Charles Dickens's David Copperfield

2011
An illustrated adaptation of Charle's Dickens's "David Copperfield," the story of a young boy in ninteenth-century London who runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.

Jack London's White Fang

2011
Retells Jack London's tale of White Fang, a wild wolf turned pet, his trials, triumphs, and survival.

Oscar Wilde's The picture of Dorian Gray

2012
An incredibly handsome young man in Victorian England retains his youthful appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.

Robert Louis Stevenson's The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2011
Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.

Victor Hugo's The hunchback of Notre Dame

2011
An illustrated adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel in which Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed.

L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables

2011
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Alexandre Dumas's The man in the iron mask

2010
An illustrated retelling of "The Man in the Iron Mask," a story in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.

H.G. Wells's The war of the worlds

2011
Retells H.G. Wells's classic tale of war between humans and invading Martians.

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