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Les miserables

1997
Presents a cartoon version of Hugo's story about a convict who seeks to redeem his past in revolutionary Paris, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.

Les Miserables

2009
A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.

The Odyssey

1997
Presents Homer's epic poem about Odysseus's adventures after the Trojan War in narrative, cartoon form, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.

The call of the wild

The story of Buck, the sled dog mistreated by his master, and how he broke free to roam the Alaskan wilderness, in graphic-novel format.

Robinson Crusoe

More stories by Poe

1997
Presents cartoon versions of three stories of horror and obsession by nineteenth-century author Edgar Allan Poe, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the works. Includes text and discussion of "The Raven.".

Stories by Poe

1997
Presents cartoon versions of three stories of horror and obsession by nineteenth-century author Edgar Allan Poe, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the works.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

1990
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Presented in comic book format.

The jungle book

2009
A graphic novel adaptation of three adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs.

The scarlet letter

2009
A graphic novel retelling of the classic story of Hester Prynne, a young wife who struggles to keep her dignity after being condemned by Puritan law to wear the scarlet letter "A" for adultress, while her lover is tormented by the burden of an unexposed sin.

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