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A midsummer night's dream

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play in which two sets of lovers lost in the woods outside of Athens, Greece, along with a group of local thespians, get caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen.
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William Shakespeare's Macbeth

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" about a man who kills the king of Scotland to ascend the throne.
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Jane Eyre

A graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," in which a penniless orphan in England in the 1800s becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.
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The Iliad

Presents a comic book adaptation of Homer's "The Iliad" which retells the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, that focuses on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.
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Hamlet

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" about a prince who seeks to avenge his father's death at the hands of his uncle.
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Frankenstein

A graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" in which Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of creating life and fashions an eight-foot monster, only to bring danger and destruction to the lives of those he loves after the creature is rejected by society.
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The downfall

A graphic novel adaptation of Emil? Zola's novel in which Jean Macquart, a working class, middle-aged soldier in the French Army, is forced to overcome his dislike for wealthy Maurice Levasseur when the two men are thrown together during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, and they soon forge a deep friendship that takes them through the destruction of France's Second Empire.
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The Count of Monte Cristo

A graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel about nineteen-year-old French sailor Edmond Dantes who is unjustly imprisoned on his planned wedding day, and after fourteen years of solitary confinement, a daring escape, hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo, and a new identity bring him closer to a reunion with his love, Mercedes, and revenge upon his accusers.
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Benjamin Franklin

A graphic novel biography of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his childhood, family life, and career in science and politics.
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Ben-Hur

A wealthy young Jew and his family, experiencing changing fortunes under Roman tyranny, are affected by the life and teachings of a Nazarene named Jesus Christ.
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