Classics Illustrated, 1968. — 52 pages. Edmond François Valentin About (1828 – 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist. He made his name as an entertaining anti-clerical writer. The satirical The King of the Mountains is the best-known of his novels. In Greece, About had noticed that there was a curious understanding between the brigands and police: brigandage was...
Classics Illustrated, 1991. — 52 pages. The world’s beloved fables from history’s most famous storyteller get the Classics Illustrated treatment! Eric Vincent’s richly detailed paintings breathe new life into favorite tales like "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse", "The Fox and the Grapes", and "The Tortoise and the Hare". A charming introduction to one of humanity’s...
Classic Comics. — 73 pages.
Illustration by Lillian Chestney.
Lettering by Fred Enq.
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of West and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights'...
Evans, 2004. — 73 pages. — (The Graphic Novels Series) Гордость и предубеждение - роман Джейн Остин (1813). Роман начинается с беседы мистера и миссис Беннет о приезде молодого джентльмена мистера Бингли в Незерфилд-парк. Жена уговаривает мужа навестить соседа и завести с ним более тесное знакомство. Она полагает, что мистеру Бингли непременно понравится одна из их дочерей, и...
Evans, 2004. — 73 pages. — (The Graphic Novels Series) Гордость и предубеждение - роман Джейн Остин (1813). Роман начинается с беседы мистера и миссис Беннет о приезде молодого джентльмена мистера Бингли в Незерфилд-парк. Жена уговаривает мужа навестить соседа и завести с ним более тесное знакомство. Она полагает, что мистеру Бингли непременно понравится одна из их дочерей, и...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages. Daniel Boone ( 1734 – 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas....
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 52 pages.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s remarkable story of slaves and slavers in the ante-bellum South follows one man, Tom, on a tragic odyssey from master to master, from gentle Little Eva to the cruel Simon Legree.
The story also follows the beautiful Eliza, who runs North to keep from losing her infant son on the auctioneer’s block. Called the book...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages.
Art by R. Livingstone,
adaptation by Evelyn Goodman,
cover by Rebecca Guay.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s remarkable story
of slaves and slavers in the ante-bellum
South follows one man, Tom, on a
tragic odyssey from master to master,
from gentle Little Eva to the cruel Simon Legree.
The story also follows the beautiful Eliza,
who...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages. The Devil's Dictionary, An Imperfect Conflagration, The Boarded Window, and Death - here are four of the best works by Ambrose Bierce, one of the most brilliant and incisive writers ever. This volume collects one example of each type of composition for which Bierce is most famed: a hilarious satire, a bone-chilling horror story, a sardonic...
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 50 pages. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water...
Classics Illustrated, 1965. — 52 pages. Charles Boardman Hawes (1889 – 1923) was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction sea stories, best known for three historical novels. He died suddenly at age 34, after only two of his five books had been published. He was the first U.S.-born winner of the annual Newbery Medal, recognizing his third novel The Dark Frigate (1923) as...
Classics Illustrated, 1966. — 50 pages.
From her childhood Jane Eyre, orphaned and poor, fights for the right to be happy. Fleeing haijsh relatives and a miserable life at an Orphan’s School, Jane finds peace, happiness, and unexpected love at Thornfield Hall. But Thornfield’s peace is a fraud, and its master, Mr. Rochester, has secrets too terrible to tell. A vivid portrait of...
Jane Eyre & notes.
Classics Illustrated. 54 pages.
From her childhood Jane Eyre, orphaned
and poor, fights for the right to be happy.
Fleeing haijsh relatives and a miserable
life at an Orphan’s School, Jane finds
peace, happiness, and unexpected love at
Thornfield Hall. But Thornfield’s peace is a fraud,
and its master, Mr. Rochester, has secrets too
terrible to...
The Graphic Novel Series, 2004. — 75 pages.
«Грозовой Перевал» Эмили Бронте – не просто золотая классика мировой литературы, но роман, перевернувший в свое время представления о романтической прозе. Проходят годы и десятилетия, но история роковой страсти Хитклифа, приемного сына владельца поместья «Грозовой перевал», к дочери хозяина Кэтрин не поддается ходу времени. «Грозовым...
The Graphic Novel Series, 2004. — 75 pages.
«Грозовой Перевал» Эмили Бронте – не просто золотая классика мировой литературы, но роман, перевернувший в свое время представления о романтической прозе. Проходят годы и десятилетия, но история роковой страсти Хитклифа, приемного сына владельца поместья «Грозовой перевал», к дочери хозяина Кэтрин не поддается ходу времени. «Грозовым...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. — 52 pages.
Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors where the story unfolds. The book's core theme is the destructive effect that jealousy and vengefulness have, both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages.
A novel by Emily Bronte published in 1847 It was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister's novel Jane Eyre. It was finally printed under the pseudonym Ellis Bell; a posthumous second edition was edited by...
Classics Illustrated. — 52 pages.
Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors where the story unfolds. The book's core theme is the destructive effect that jealousy and vengefulness have, both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.
Classics Illustrated, 1953. — 51 pages. Bring ‘Em Back Alive (1930) was Frank Buck’s first book, a huge best seller that catapulted him to world fame and was translated into many languages. Buck tells of his adventures capturing exotic animals. Writing with Edward Anthony, Buck relates some of his most frightening experiences, among them, his battle with an escaped king cobra....
Classics Illustrated, 1954. — 52 pages. Fang and Claw was Frank Buck’s third book, which continued his stories of capturing exotic animals. Writing with Ferrin Fraser, Buck related many of his experiences working with and observing other people in the jungle. In one chapter, a dog that was carried dozens of miles into the jungle to serve as tiger bait succeeded in making so...
Classics Illustrated. — 48 pages.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846 – 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), in Le Claire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US Army as a...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages.
The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages. Формат CBZ.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic,...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic,...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 52 pages. Classics Illustrated comics returns with this dismal adaptation of Carroll's second Alice tale. Most of the charming paradoxes and silly puns are salvaged in gs the text, arranged in columns beneath the artwork rather than in word balloons. Consequently, a lot of very small illustrations are needed to carry the dialogue between Alice and...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages.
(The Life of Benvenutto Cellini)
Benvenuto Cellini (Italian pronunciation: [benveˈnuto tʃelˈlini]; 1500 – 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier and musician, who also wrote a famous autobiography. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism.
1949. — 50 pages. — (Comics Factfiles)
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was "the First American". A world famous polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in...
1957. — 100 pages. — (Comics Factfiles)
The Story of Flight.
Andy's Atomic Adventures.
The Discoveries of Louis Pasteur.
From Tom-tom to TV.
Great Lives:
Amelia Earhart.
Pioneers of Science:
Joseph Priestley, The Farther of Soda Water and Discoverer of Oxygen.
1962. — 100 pages. — (Comics Factfiles)
In Search of the Past.
Survival of the Fittest.
The Wonderful Earth Movie.
The First Fishes.
Living on Land.
The Dinosaurs.
Reptiles of the Sea and Air.
A Missing Link.
Mammals.
Bones and Stones.
The Treasure of Flaming Cliffs.
End of an Era.
The Age of the Mammals.
Prehistoric Man.
The Bulls of Altamira.
The Dawn Man....
1960. — 100 pages. — (Comics Factfiles) The second half of the 20th century finds man with a firm grasp of speed, and a foothold in space. Rockets, jets and missiles have brought us to the dawn of an exciting age. With them, the conquest of space is as near as tomorrow.
99 pages. — (Comics Factfiles)
Birth anbd Boyhood of Jesus.
Preparation for Life's Work.
The Galilean Ministry.
Jesus at Jerusalem.
Betrayal, Trial and Crucifixion.
Resurrection.
1956. — 100 pages. — (Comics Factfiles) Oppression in Egypt. Early Life of Moses. God Calls Moses. The Plagues. Exodus. The Commandments. The Tabernacle. Adapted by Lorenz Graham. Illustrated by Norman Nodel.
Classics Illustrated, 1991. - 48 pages.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and was published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems...
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 50 pages. Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. The...
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 50 pages. The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins' fifth published novel, written in 1859. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of "sensation novels". The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing...
Classics Illustrated, 1953. — 50 pages. A Study in Scarlet. The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our American Heritage: The Story of "Yankee Doodle". Stories from the World of Sports: Short and Rough. The Dempsy-Firpo Battle.
Classics Illustrated, 1950. — 50 pages. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. It is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. — 50 pages. The White Company is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years' War. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. The climax of the book...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages. Jim (his surname is never disclosed), a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they...
Classics Illustrated. — 47 pages. "The Secret Agent" is the story of Mr. Verloc, a reluctant spy who is pressured by his superiors into joining an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1886 London. This unspeakable act of terror sets the stage for a gripping political thriller, brought to life by John K. Snyder’s extraordinary comics art.
Classics Illustrated, 1979. — 52 pages. This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer", a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York. He is contrasted to other frontiersmen and settlers in the novel who have no compunctions in taking scalps in that his natural philosophy is that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature—which would keep European...
Classics Illustrated. — 52 pages.
The first great hero in American fiction - in the first true American epic! Across the Eastern Wilderness rages the French and Indian War - with only a handful of English and Colonial troops standing in the path of the relentless army of General Montcalm and his fierce Iroquois allies. But arrayed against the invaders are Hawkeye, the fabled...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages.
The first great hero in American fiction - in the first true American epic! Across the Eastern Wilderness rages the French and Indian War - with only a handful of English and Colonial troops standing in the path of the relentless army of General Montcalm and his fierce Iroquois allies. But arrayed against the invaders are Hawkeye, the...
Classics Illustrated, 1965. — 52 pages. The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is an historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel Cooper wrote featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales. The inland sea of the title is Lake Ontario. The...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. — 52 pages. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824 (the earliest edition is actually dated 1823). Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The Pilot was Cooper's fourth novel and his first sea tale. A sailor by profession, Cooper had undertaken to...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages. The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features an elderly Leatherstocking (Natty Bumpo), Judge...
Classics Illustrated, 1949. — 52 pages. The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as "the trapper" or "the old man." Chronologically The Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales,...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages. The Red Rover is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper originally published in Paris on November 27, 1827. It was published in London 3 days later on November 30, and was not published in the United States until January 9, 1828 in Philadelphia. Soon after its publication it was adapted for theater both in the United States and...
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 52 pages. The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground was James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, published in 1821. This was the earliest United States novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years. Description The action takes place during the American Revolution. The...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 50 pages.
The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound—a "red badge of courage"—to counteract his cowardice. When his...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages. The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound—a "red badge of courage"—to counteract his cowardice. When his...
Classics Illustrated, 1945. — 50 pages. Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., published in 1840, having been written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834. The term "before the mast" refers to the quarters of the common sailors — in the forecastle, in the front of the ship. His writing evidences his later sympathy with the...
Classics Illustrated. — 65 pages.
Daniel Defoe has woven a fantastic tale of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a young lad form the City of York in England who yearns for the life of the sea. His father wants Robinson to attend law school and get a good education, but Robinson decides otherwise. Follow Robinson as he survives pirates, shipwrecks and cannibals. Beautifully...
Classics Illustrated. — 52 pages.
Daniel Defoe has woven a fantastic tale of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a young lad form the City of York in England who yearns for the life of the sea. His father wants Robinson to attend law school and get a good education, but Robinson decides otherwise. Follow Robinson as he survives pirates, shipwrecks and cannibals. Beautifully...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages.
You may know the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' beloved tale, A Christmas Carol, but did you know this is not Dickens' only ghost story? This edition of Classics Illustrated presents A Christmas Carol, which features elements of the supernatural. This artwork brings a rich palette and dynamism to the classic...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 48 pages. You may know the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' beloved tale, A Christmas Carol, but did you know this is not Dickens' only ghost story? This edition of Classics Illustrated presents A Christmas Carol, which features elements of the supernatural. This artwork brings a rich palette and dynamism to the...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 49 pages.
You may know the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' beloved tale, A Christmas Carol, but did you know this is not Dickens' only ghost story? This edition of Classics Illustrated presents A Christmas Carol, which features elements of the supernatural. This artwork brings a rich palette and dynamism to the...
Classics Illustrated. 1996. - 49 pages. Adaption by Evelyn Goodman, art by Joe Orlando. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality...
Classics Illustrated. 1996. - 49 pages.
Adaption by Evelyn Goodman,
art by Joe Orlando.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality...
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 52 pages.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages.
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from anunhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. — 50 pages.
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from anunhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. - 50 pages.
In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by their expectations: those of the ruined woman whose dreams of love have been shattered; of the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of the greatest...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. - 50 pages.
In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by their expectations: those of the ruined woman whose dreams of love have been shattered; of the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of the greatest...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. - 50 pages. Формат CBZ.
In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by their expectations: those of the ruined woman whose dreams of love have been shattered; of the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 55 pages. Art by Henry Keifer. In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by their expectations: those of the ruined woman whose dreams of love have been shattered; of the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 55 pages.
Art by Henry Keifer.
In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of
Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by
their expectations: those of the ruined woman
whose dreams of love have been shattered; of
the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the
boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness
which raises him from poverty...
Classics Illustrated. - 52 pages.
In this novel of Victorian England, the lives of Charles Dickens’s characters are ruled by their expectations: those of the ruined woman whose dreams of love have been shattered; of the girl who is raised to break hearts; and of the boy whose life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of the greatest works...
Classics Illustrated, 1945. — 52 pages.
Abandoned and left to suffer in an English orphanage, Oliver Twist escapes to London, hoping to make his fortune.
There he falls into the toils of Fagin, the Master Pickpocket, and his second, the Artful Dodger. But unknown to Oliver, he holds the key to riches and a decades old mystery— if he can survive to claim his birthright! Charles...
Classics in Pictures. - 49 pages. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer...
Classics in Pictures. - 49 pages.
The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. 55 pages.
Art by Arnold Hicks,
adaptation by Georgina Campbell.
Abandoned and left to suffer in an English
orphanage, Oliver Twist escapes to
London, hoping to make his fortune.
There he falls into the toils of Fagin, the
Master Pickpocket, and his second, the Artful
Dodger. But unknown to Oliver, he holds the key to
riches and a decades...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 46 pages. Art by Rudolph Palais.
It is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.
Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 46 pages. Art by Rudolph Palais. It is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 50 pages. It is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion...
Classics Illustrated, 1998. — 50 pages. Формат CBR.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and...
Classics Illustrated, 1998. — 50 pages. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered...
Classics Illustrated, 1998. — 50 pages.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered...
Classics Illustrated. — 45 pages. The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas, père. The story begins with a historical event — the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen — considered by many as one of the most painful episodes...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages. Edmond Dantes, a fugitive wrongly accused of a crime and betrayed by a rival, escapes from prison to embark on a search for treasure. Eventually, Dantes returns to France after creating the new identity of The Count of Monte Cristo in order to exact vengeance on his betrayer. A whirlwind adventure for any young child who follows this epic...
Classics Illustrated. — 67 pages.
Edmond Dantes, a fugitive wrongly accused of a crime and betrayed by a rival, escapes from prison to embark on a search for treasure. Eventually, Dantes returns to France after creating the new identity of The Count of Monte Cristo in order to exact vengeance on his betrayer. A whirlwind adventure for any young child who follows this epic tale,...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages.
Edmond Dantes, a fugitive wrongly accused of a crime and betrayed by a rival, escapes from prison to embark on a search for treasure. Eventually, Dantes returns to France after creating the new identity of The Count of Monte Cristo in order to exact vengeance on his betrayer. A whirlwind adventure for any young child who follows this epic tale,...
Classics Illustrated, 1955. — 50 pages.
A fairly accurate portrayal of the court of Henry III, most particularly a band of his guards, and their revenge upon the murderer of their former leader, Bussy d'Amboise.
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 50 pages.
A graphic novel that is based on the final section of the novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, père, which was itself based on the 18th century legend of The Man in the Iron Mask. The plot often involves D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers and an identical twin brother of King Louis XIV of France, and it is considered a...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages. A graphic novel that is based on the final section of the novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, père, which was itself based on the 18th century legend of The Man in the Iron Mask. The plot often involves D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers and an identical twin brother of King Louis XIV of France, and it is considered a...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages.
Just arrived in Paris and looking for
adventure, D’Artagnan finds more than he
bargains for. Within hours he’s offended
three of the King’s musketeers—and has
to duel with all of them! Within days he’s in
love.and embroiled with spies, politicians,
English noblemen, and being seduced by the most
beautiful—and deadly—woman in...
Classics Illustrated. - 68 pages.
Just arrived in Paris and looking for
adventure, D’Artagnan finds more than he
bargains for. Within hours he’s offended
three of the King’s musketeers—and has
to duel with all of them! Within days he’s in
love.and embroiled with spies, politicians,
English noblemen, and being seduced by the most
beautiful—and deadly—woman in France:...
Classics Illustrated. — 69 pages.
Just arrived in Paris and looking for
adventure, D’Artagnan finds more than he
bargains for. Within hours he’s offended
three of the King’s musketeers—and has
to duel with all of them! Within days he’s in
love.and embroiled with spies, politicians,
English noblemen, and being seduced by the most
beautiful—and deadly—woman in France:...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 64 pages.
Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père, first serialized from January to August, 1845. A book of the D'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot, Man in the Iron Mask).
The novel follows events in France during La Fronde, during the...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 55 pages. The novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small Calvinist congregation in Lantern Yard, a slum street in an unnamed city in Northern England. He is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over the very ill deacon. Two clues are given against Silas: a...
Classics Illustrated, 2010. — 52 pages. Формат CBZ.
The breathtaking travels of Ferdinand Magellan.
There are few periods in history that compare with the 16 th century. These were the years of fantastic new discoveries. Unknown countries were touched for the first time by the probing ships of Spain and Portugal.
Classics Illustrated, 2010. — 52 pages. The breathtaking travels of Ferdinand Magellan. There are few periods in history that compare with the 16 th century. These were the years of fantastic new discoveries. Unknown countries were touched for the first time by the probing ships of Spain and Portugal.
Classics Illustrated. — 33 pages.
As the central figure for his works, Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond, an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI
6. Bond was also known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander.
Classics Illustrated, 2011. — 36 pages. The Kingdom of the Incas was arguably the most fascinating civilization that ever developed outside Europe and Asia. Its origin is shrouded in the mists of time...
Classics illustrated featuring stories by the world's greatest authors.
50 pages. Comics.
In sixteenth-century Germany, there lived a
learned man highly respected by the people
in all the hills and valleys around for the help
he had given them in the time of the plague.
His name was Doctor Faust.
The famous man often sat in his study
after hours, away from the lecture...
Classics illustrated featuring stories by the world's greatest authors. 50 pages. Comics. In sixteenth-century Germany, there lived a learned man highly respected by the people in all the hills and valleys around for the help he had given them in the time of the plague. His name was Doctor Faust. The famous man often sat in his study after hours, away from the lecture platform...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 50 pages. In sixteenth-century Germany, there lived a learned man highly respected by the people in all the hills and valleys around for the help he had given them in the time of the plague. His name was Doctor Faust. The famous man often sat in his study after hours, away from the lecture.
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 52 pages. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856 – 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be...
Classics Illustrated, 1966. — 52 pages. "The Man Without a Country" is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published in The Atlantic in December 1863. It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word...
Classics Illustrated, 1954. — 53 pages.
Richard Harding Davis (1864 – 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the...
Classics Illustrated, 1966. — 52 pages. The Luck of Roaring Lamp. The Outcasts of Poker Flat. Bret Harte was the best-known and highest paid writer in America in the early 1870s, yet his vexed attempts to earn a living by his pen led to the failure of his marriage and, in 1878, his departure for Europe. Gary Scharnhorst’s biography of Harte traces the growing commercial appeal...
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 50 pages.
The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In the book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. The...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages. The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In the book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. The...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece, Hester Prynne is persecuted by her Puritan community for the crime of adultery.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages. A Classic of Western literature for three millennia, Homer's Iliad captivates modern readers-as it did ancient listeners-with its tale of gods and warriors at the siege of Troy. Now Herbert Jordan's line-for-line translation brilliantly renders the original Greek into English blank verse-the poetic form most closely resembling our spoken...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. - 50 pages.
A Classic of Western literature for three millennia, Homer's Iliad captivates modern readers-as it did ancient listeners-with its tale of gods and warriors at the siege of Troy. Now Herbert Jordan's line-for-line translation brilliantly renders the original Greek into English blank verse-the poetic form most closely resembling our spoken...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages.
On his harrowing return from the Trojan War, Ulysses tangles with Gods, monsters, mages and beautiful women.
But when he reaches home Ulysses won’t find the open-armed welcome he expects: a crowd of killers wait to murder him-and the prize is his wife! The Odyssey is a cornerstone of Western literature-and the rollicking tale of a great...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 47 pages.
Art by Harley Griffiths.
On his harrowing return from the Trojan
War, Ulysses tangles with Gods,
monsters, mages and beautiful women.
But when he reaches home Ulysses
won’t find the open-armed welcome he expects:
a crowd of killers wait to murder him-and the prize
is his wife! The Odyssey is a cornerstone of
Western...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages.
Art by Harley Griffiths.
On his harrowing return from the Trojan
War, Ulysses tangles with Gods,
monsters, mages and beautiful women.
But when he reaches home Ulysses
won’t find the open-armed welcome he expects:
a crowd of killers wait to murder him-and the prize
is his wife! The Odyssey is a cornerstone of
Western...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. — 47 pages.
On the eve of the coronation of King Rudolf of Ruritania, his brother, Prince Michael, has him drugged. In a desperate attempt not to give Michael the excuse to claim the throne, Captain Sapt and Fritz von Tarlenheim, attendants of the King, persuade his distant cousin Rudolf Rassendyll, an English visitor, to impersonate the King at the...
Classics Illustrated, 1951. — 52 pages. Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima. Prologue: An unnamed narrator tells how he befriended an old "Spanish" gentleman who never spoke of his past....
Classics Illustrated, 1966. - 52 pages.
Tom Brown's School Days is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. The story is set at Rugby School, a public school for boys, in the 1830s; Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842. The novel has been the source for several film and television adaptations.
The novel was originally published as being "by an Old Boy of Rugby", and much of...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 p. Art by Norman Nodel. Against the background of a fiery revolution in 1840s Paris, escaped convict Jean Valjean seeks to outwit his nemesis, the relentless Inspector Javert, in order to redeem his past. The basis for the internationally acclaimed musical Les Miserables, this masterpiece is a soaring tale of crime, penitence, and the enduring...
Classics Illustrated, 2009. — 53 pages.
Against the background of a fiery revolution in 1840s Paris, escaped convict Jean Valjean seeks to outwit his nemesis, the relentless Inspector Javert, in order to redeem his past. The basis for the internationally acclaimed musical Les Miserables, this masterpiece is a soaring tale of crime, penitence, and the enduring power of love.
Classics Illustrated, 1963. — 48 pages.
Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, all can enjoy the excitement of...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 48 pages. Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, all can enjoy the excitement of...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. — 50 pages. The first major character whom the reader is introduced to is a mountebank who dresses in bearskins and calls himself Ursus (Latin for "bear"). His only companion is a large domesticated wolf, whom Ursus has named Homo (Latin for man, in a pun over the Hobbesian saying "homo homini lupus", meaning "man is a wolf to [his fellow] man.")....
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 50 pages. A woman arrives in Guernsey, with her son Gilliat, and buys a house said to be haunted. The boy grows up, the woman dies. Gilliat becomes a good fisherman and sailor. People believe him to be a wizard. In Guernsey also lives a former sailor, Mess Lethierry, the owner of the first steam ship of the island -Durande- and his niece...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. Washington Irving's masterpiece has entranced readers for over 165 years. Join henpecked farmer Rip Van Winkle as he escapes to the hills for a day of hunting. There he meets a strange dwarf and later a group of men playing ninepins. But when Rip drinks from their keg a few times, he falls into a deep sleep and wakes to find his beard...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. — 52 pages. Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born to a peasant family in north-east France. Joan said she had received visions from God instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King...
Classic Comics, 1943. — 68 pages.
Westward Ho! is an 1855 British historical novel by Charles Kingsley. The novel is set in the Elizabethan era, and follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh who sets sail with Francis Drake and other privateers to the Caribbean, where they battle with the Spanish.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 48 pages. A pampered millionaire's son tumbles overboard from a luxury liner and falls into good fortune, disguised in the form of a fishing boat. The gruff and hearty crew teach the young man to be worth his salt as they fish the waters off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Brimming with adventure and humor.
Classics Illustrated, 1979. — 50 pages.
A pampered millionaire's son tumbles overboard from a luxury liner and falls into good fortune, disguised in the form of a fishing boat. The gruff and hearty crew teach the young man to be worth his salt as they fish the waters off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Brimming with adventure and humor.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 48 pages. Kim is an orphan boy in India in the late 1800s. He becomes involved in an old Lama's search for a sacred river, and in a British spy ring, playing the "Great Game".
Classics Illustrated. — 51 pages.
A story by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling.
The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The best known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages. A story by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The best known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other...
Classics Illustrated, 1951. — 52 pages.
A story by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling.
The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The best known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other...
Classics Illustrated, 1953. — 52 pages. The Round Table is King Arthur's famed table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his Knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status. The table was first described in 1155 by Wace, who relied on previous depictions of Arthur's fabulous retinue. The symbolism of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1970. — 54 pages.
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Classics Illustrated. — 49 pages.
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 50 pages. White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang's journey to domestication. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known...
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 52 pages. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims. Set against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war, the tale focuses on a love triangle between three Pilgrims: Miles...
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 52 pages. The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem, in trochaic tetrameter, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring an Indian hero. Longfellow's sources for the legends and ethnography found in his poem were the Ojibwe Chief Kahge-ga-gah-bowh during their visits at Longfellow's home; Black Hawk and other Sac and Fox Indians Longfellow encountered...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. - 47 pages. One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of Jack Easy, a son of privilege who joins the Royal Navy. The work begins as a satire on Jack’s attachment to the rights of man that may try the listener’s patience. But despair not, for the story soon...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. - 47 pages.
Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him.
Classics Illustrated. - 52 pages.
Young Ishmael and the harpooner Queequeg work aboard the whaling ship Pequod. But the Pequod is ruled by the mysterious Ahab, a man driven to hunt the cursed white whale called Moby Dick.
Careless of his own life and those of his men, Ahab’s suicidal quest builds to its inevitable climax:
he will destroy the white whale, or be destroyed by...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 67 pages. Adaption by Albert L. Kanter, art by Louis Zansky. Young Ishmael and the harpooner Queequeg work aboard the whaling ship Pequod. But the Pequod is ruled by the mysterious Ahab, a man driven to hunt the cursed white whale called Moby Dick. Careless of his own life and those of his men, Ahab’s suicidal quest builds to its inevitable climax:...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages.
Art by Ezra Whiteman,
adaptation by H. Miller,
cover by Clem Robins.
Fleeing a harsh life as sailors, Toby and
Tommo jump ship on an island in the south
seas. But what they find may be worse,
as they become the ‘guests’ of the
Typees, a powerful native tribe. The Typees seem
friendly, but Tommo and Toby can’t be sure.
The...
Classics Illustrated. - 50 pages.
Fleeing a harsh life as sailors, Toby and Tommo jump ship on an island in the south seas. But what they find may be worse, as they become the ‘guests’ of the Typees, a powerful native tribe. The Typees seem friendly, but Tommo and Toby can’t be sure.
The island becomes their prison, as the two men seek the truth about the Typees. Are they...
Classics Illustrated, 1953. - 52 pages. King of the Khyber Rifles is a novel by British writer Talbot Mundy. Captain Athelstan King is a secret agent for the British Raj at the beginning of the First World War. Heavily influenced both by Mundy's own unsuccessful career in India and by his interest in theosophy, it describes his adventures among the (mostly Muslim) tribes of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. — 50 pages. Men Against the Sea is the second installment in the trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the mutiny aboard HMS Bounty. It is preceded by Mutiny on the "Bounty" and followed by Pitcairn's Island. The novel first appeared in serial form in The Saturday Evening Post (November 18, 1933 through December 9, 1933). Men...
Classics Illustrated. 46 pages. A tale of drunkeness, betrayal, murder, and vengeance as it chronicles the fate of Christian, the mutineers, and a handful of Tahitians, who together take refuge on the loneliest island in the Pacific.
Classics Illustrated. 46 pages. Формат cbz.
A tale of drunkeness, betrayal, murder, and vengeance as it chronicles the fate of Christian, the mutineers, and a handful of Tahitians, who together take refuge on the loneliest island in the Pacific.
Classics Illustrated, 1954. — 50 pages. The Hurricane is a fine romance, enriched by genuine appreciation of the South Sea islands and their people. Written by the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty, it's a sympathetic tale of Polynesian life as seen through the eyes of Dr. Kersaint, a French medical officer. But even paradise has a serpent, and in Polynesia it is called "hurricane".
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emma Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The title character, Sir Percy Blakeney, represents the original "hero with a secret identity" that inspired] subsequent literary creations such as Don Diego de la Vega (El Zorro) and...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. — 50 pages.
Ouida (1839 – 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).
Under Two Flags, one of her most well-known novels, described the British in Algeria. It expressed sympathy for the French colonists (called pieds noirs)—with whom Ouida deeply...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. — 52 pages. Francis Parkman, Jr. (1823 – 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. The book has since become "the perennial favorite of highschool reading lists". The account of a summer tour of the High Plains of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas met with the acclaim...
Classics Illustrated. 47 pages.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is...
Classics Illustrated. 56 pages. The Adventure of Hans Pfall. The Tell-tale Heart. The Cask of Amontillado. Art by H.C. Kiefer, Jim Lavery and Rudy Palais, adaptation by Samual Willensky and John O'Rourke, cover by Jen Marrus. Three chilling stories of horror and obsession by Edgar Allan Poe! A young man commits the ‘perfect’ crime, but his triumph is short-lived when he is...
Classics Illustrated. 56 pages.
The Adventure of Hans Pfall.
The Tell-tale Heart.
The Cask of Amontillado.
Art by H.C. Kiefer, Jim Lavery and Rudy Palais,
adaptation by Samual Willensky and John O'Rourke,
cover by Jen Marrus.
Three chilling stories of horror and
obsession by Edgar Allan Poe! A young
man commits the ‘perfect’ crime, but his
triumph is short-lived...
Classics Illustrated. — 48 pages. The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. — 53 pages. Формат CBZ.
The Raven.
Annabel Lee.
Lines on Ale.
The City in the Sea.
The Sleeper.
Eldorado.
Alone.
The Haunted Palace.
The Conquerer Worm.
Classics Illustrated, 1990. — 53 pages.
The Raven.
Annabel Lee.
Lines on Ale.
The City in the Sea.
The Sleeper.
Eldorado.
Alone.
The Haunted Palace.
The Conquerer Worm.
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 50 pages.
Book of the Marvels of the World (French: Livre des merveilles du monde) or Description of the World (Divisament du monde), in Italian Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo,...
Classics Illustrated, 1951. — 52 pages. Men of Iron is an 1891 novel by the American author Howard Pyle, who also illustrated it. Set in the 15th century, it is a juvenile "coming of age" work in which a young squire, Myles Falworth, seeks not only to become a knight but to eventually redeem his father's honor. In Chapter 24 the knighthood ceremony is presented and described as...
Amor Calssics, 1988. — 32 pages. A captivating Indian epic. The Ramayana is one of the great Hindu epics. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu literature. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of Hinduism, the other being the Mahabharata. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father,...
Classics Illustrated, 1949. — 50 pages. — (Comics Factfiles)
The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is an historical novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. The Cloister and the Hearth often describes the events,...
Classics Illustrated, 1952. — 48 pages.
Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of...
Classics Illustrated. — 68 pages.
Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Although such behaviour was not part of his original character, since the beginning of the 19th century he has become known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally,...
Classics Illustrated. — 49 pages.
Poet, soldier and adventurer, Cyrano de
Bergerac is known to everyone in
Paris—and everyone knows never to
mention Cyrano’s enormous nose—
not unless they want to duel with the most famous
swordsman in France! When handsome, inarticulate
Christian falls in love with Cyrano’s cousin
Roxane, he asks the poet to help him woo her,
and...
Classics illustrated. 47 pages. Poet, soldier and adventurer, Cyrano de Bergerac is known to everyone in Paris—and everyone knows never to mention Cyrano’s enormous nose— not unless they want to duel with the most famous swordsman in France! When handsome, inarticulate Christian falls in love with Cyrano’s cousin Roxane, he asks the poet to help him woo her, and Cyrano does....
Classics illustrated. 47 pages. Poet, soldier and adventurer, Cyrano de Bergerac is known to everyone in Paris—and everyone knows never to mention Cyrano’s enormous nose— not unless they want to duel with the most famous swordsman in France! When handsome, inarticulate Christian falls in love with Cyrano’s cousin Roxane, he asks the poet to help him woo her, and Cyrano does....
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 49 pages.
Poet, soldier and adventurer, Cyrano de Bergerac is known to everyone in Paris—and everyone knows never to mention Cyrano’s enormous nose— not unless they want to duel with the most famous swordsman in France! When handsome, inarticulate Christian falls in love with Cyrano’s cousin Roxane, he asks the poet to help him woo her, and Cyrano...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages.
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott’s novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men.
Classics Illustrated, 1991. — 52 pages.
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott’s novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men. Ray Lago’s background in action-packed comics makes him a great choice to draw this epic...
Classics Illustrated. — 68 pages.
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott’s novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men. Ray Lago’s background in action-packed comics makes him a great choice to draw this epic tale....
Classics Illustrated, 1971. — 52 pages.
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott’s novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men.
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 55 pages.
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott’s novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men.
Classics Illustrated, 1954. — 53 pages.
Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands, to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title character, Rob Roy MacGregor. Though...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. - 50 pages. The poem begins with a rapid-moving hunt, chasing a stag in the forests of the Trossachs. The stag outruns the hunt, exhausting all its members until only one huntsman –- who, we later learn, is James Fitz-James –- follows it until his horse falls down dead of exhaustion. The huntsman blows his horn to try to contact someone, wanders to...
Classics Illustrated, 1953. — 50 pages. The Talisman takes place at the end of the Third Crusade, mostly in the camp of the Crusaders in Palestine. Scheming and partisan politics, as well as the illness of King Richard the Lionheart, are placing the Crusade in danger. The main characters are the Scottish knight Kenneth, who is a fictional character version of David of Scotland,...
Classics Illustrated, 1943. — 52 pages. One of the most beloved horse stories of all time. As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, his life changes drastically. He has many new owners-some of them cruel and some of them kind. All he needs is someone to love him again. Whether pulling an elegant carriage or a ramshackle...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. — 50 pages. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. Art by Alex Blum.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. Art by Alex Blum.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed that it was written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. Art by Alex Blum, adaptation by Sam Willinsky. Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages.
Art by Alex Blum,
adaptation by Sam Willinsky.
Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. — 52 pages.
Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle,...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. — 50 pages.
Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle,...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. — 50 pages.
Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle,...
Classics Illustrated, 1990. — 50 pages. Формат CBZ.
Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his...
Classics Illustrated, 1998. — 66 pages. Формат CBZ. Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at...
Classics Illustrated, 1998. — 66 pages.
Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon against...
Illustrated version (comics).
52 pages
Authors: H.C. Kiefer, W. Shakespeare.
A fortune teller warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March (the 15th of March)- that Caesar will die on this day. Follow the conspirators Cassius and Brutus as they plan Caesar's assassination. Caesars allies Mark Anthony and Octavius flee when Caesar is killed. Using the immortal words Friends,...
Classics Illustrated, 1950. — 50 pages.
A fortune teller warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March (the 15th of March)- that Caesar will die on this day. Follow the conspirators Cassius and Brutus as they plan Caesar's assassination. Caesars allies Mark Anthony and Octavius flee when Caesar is killed. Using the immortal words Friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears! Mark...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. A fortune teller warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March (the 15th of March)- that Caesar will die on this day. Follow the conspirators Cassius and Brutus as they plan Caesar's assassination. Caesars allies Mark Anthony and Octavius flee when Caesar is killed. Using the immortal words Friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears! Mark...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 47 pages. Art by Alex Blum, adaptation by Lorenz Graham. One of the greatest plays in the English language, Macbeth is the tragedy of a noble Scots lord seduced by ambition into a bloody cycle of fear, vengeance and murder. To become king, Macbeth must unleash a wave of bloody war and destruction that will ultimately destroy him and all that he...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Original text, featuring the original Shakespeare script.
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. Much Ado About Nothing is generally...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Plain text, featuring a plain English translation of the Shakespeare text.
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. Much Ado About...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 14 pages. Study Guide. Teaching Resource (excerpts). Making Shakespeare accessible for teachers and students. suitable for KS2 and KS3.
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio,...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Quick text, featuring a translation into quick modern English. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. Much Ado About Nothing is...
Classical Comics, 2007. — 15 pages. Study Guide. Teaching Resource (excerpts). Making Shakespeare accessible for teachers and students. suitable for KS2 and KS3.
Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is...
Classical Comics, 2007. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Quick text, featuring a translation into quick modern English. Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First...
Classical Comics, 2007. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Plain text, featuring a plain English translation of the Shakespeare text.
Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories...
Classical Comics, 2007. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Original text, featuring the original Shakespeare script.
Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First...
Classical Comics, 2008. — 21 pages. Study Guide. Teaching Resource (excerpts). Making Shakespeare accessible for teachers and students. suitable for KS2 and KS3. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular...
Classical Comics, 2008. — 21 pages. Plain text, featuring a plain English translation of the Shakespeare text.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is...
Classical Comics, 2008. — 21 pages. Two example sections. Original text, featuring the original Shakespeare script. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet,...
Classical Comics, 2008. — 21 pages. Two example sections. Quick text, featuring a translation into quick modern English.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with...
Classics Illustrated. 1996. - 48 pages.
Children of bitter enemies, in a world
where quarrels are settled with a sword,
Romeo and his beautiful Juliet love each
other at once. But their love defies the
code of family, honor, and duty.and these starcrossed
lovers may not survive the conflict.
Shakespeare's lyrical story of youth, passion, and
bloody vengeance as you’ve...
Classics Illustrated. 1996. - 48 pages.
Children of bitter enemies, in a world
where quarrels are settled with a sword,
Romeo and his beautiful Juliet love each
other at once. But their love defies the
code of family, honor, and duty.and these starcrossed
lovers may not survive the conflict.
Shakespeare's lyrical story of youth, passion, and
bloody vengeance as you’ve...
Classics Illustrated, 2009. - 53 pages.
Children of bitter enemies, in a world where quarrels are settled with a sword, Romeo and his beautiful Juliet love each other at once. But their love defies the code of family, honor, and duty.and these starcrossed lovers may not survive the conflict.
Shakespeare's lyrical story of youth, passion, and bloody vengeance as you’ve never...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Original text, featuring the original Shakespeare script.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two (further) example sections. Original text, featuring the original Shakespeare script.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Quick text, featuring a translation into quick modern English.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two (further) example sections. Quick text, featuring a translation into quick modern English.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two example sections. Plain text, featuring a plain English translation of the Shakespeare text.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 19 pages. Two (further) example sections. Plain text, featuring a plain English translation of the Shakespeare text.
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of...
Classical Comics, 2010. — 21 pages. Study Guide. Teaching Resource (excerpts). Making Shakespeare accessible for teachers and students. suitable for KS2 and KS3. The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the...
Legend Horror Classics, 1974. — 22 pages.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by British author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was...
Classics Illustrated. — 50 pages.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by British author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was...
Classics Illustrated, 1991. — 50 pages.
Presenting Peter Kuper’s acclaimed adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle with powerful imagery and bold interplay of art and text. "The Jungle", Sinclair’s most influential novel, recounts the shocking tale of immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family, who find themselves at the mercy of a brutal system in the stockyards of Chicago. The...
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 52 pages. Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB, born John Rowlands (1841 – 1904), was a British journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley allegedly uttered the now-famous greeting, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known...
Classics Illustrated, 1979. — 50 pages.
Stevenson's action-packed sequel to Kidnapped, as David Balfour struggles to exonerate James Stewart, becomes a captive, and romances Catriona Drummond.
Marvel Classics Comics, 1976. — 50 pages.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have...
Marvel Classics Comics, 1990. — 50 pages.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have...
Marvel Classics Comics, 1990. — 50 pages. Формат CBZ.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 50 pages. This classic tale is a favorite of comics fans. Not only is it the inspiration for The Incredible Hulk, but Alan Moore, writer/creator of the best-selling Watchmen graphic novel, used Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in his original graphic novel series, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, thus making this Classics Illustrated version of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. In a tale of high adventure and gripping drama, young David Balfour struggles to regain his rightful inheritance after being kidnapped, sent to sea, and shipwrecked. The story of his harrowing experiences and dangerous relationship with a Scottish rebel who has a price on his head has thrilled countless readers.
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 52 pages.
In a tale of high adventure and gripping drama, young David Balfour struggles to regain his rightful inheritance after being kidnapped, sent to sea, and shipwrecked. The story of his harrowing experiences and dangerous relationship with a Scottish rebel who has a price on his head has thrilled countless readers.
Classics Illustrated, 1946. — 50 pages.
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect...
Classics Illustrated, 1954. — 50 pages. "The Bottle Imp" (1891) is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson usually found in the short story collection Island Nights' Entertainments. In it, the protagonist buys a bottle with an imp inside that grants wishes. However, the bottle is cursed; if the holder dies bearing it, their soul is forfeit to hell.
Classics Illustrated, 1968. — 50 pages.
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages. Art by Alex Blum, adaptation by Ken Fitch, cover by Tommy Lee Edwards. From the moment the mysterious sailor enters his father’s inn, young Jim Hawkins is swept from his home on the rugged smuggler’s coast of England, into the company of pirates, traitors, and crazed castaways! As the skull-and-crossbones rises over Treasure Island, Jim...
Classics Illustrated. — 48 pages.
From the moment the mysterious sailor enters his father’s inn, young Jim Hawkins is swept from his home on the rugged smuggler’s coast of England, into the company of pirates, traitors, and crazed castaways! As the skull-and-crossbones rises over Treasure Island, Jim and his friends fight a black-hearted crew of mutineers, led by the...
Picture Classics, 1973. — 63 pages.
The terrorizing tale of the world-famous vampire.
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women...
Legend Horror Classics, 1974. — 22 pages.
The terrorizing tale of the world-famous vampire.
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. - 58 pages.
The Mysteries of Paris is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts in Journal des débats from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first serial novels published in France. It was an instant success, The Mysteries of Paris singlehandedly increased the circulation of Journal des...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. - 52 pages. Jonathan Swift's satirical novel was first published in 1726, yet it is still valid today. Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship's surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages. Jonathan Swift's satirical novel was first published in 1726, yet it is still valid today. Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship's surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny...
Legend Horror Classics, 1974. — 19 pages.
Sinbad the Sailor (also spelled Sindbad; Arabic: السندباد البحري as-Sindibād al-Baḥri; Persian: سندباد Sandbād) is a fictional sailor and the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, living in Basrah, during the Abbasid Caliphate. During his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures...
Classics Illustrated, 1953. — 50 pages. Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809 – 1868) was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a mountain man and trapper in the West. Carson explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains. He lived among and married into the Arapaho and Cheyenne...
Classics Illustrated, 2011. — 36 pages. The same ant-like toil that erected the great wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt, the giant stone-masonry of Inca Peru, built the Burma road...
Classics Illustrated, 2011. — 36 pages. Early one morning in 1631, the Swedish army was advancing towards the village of Breitenfeld and preparing for battle...
Classics Illustrated, 1945. — 52 pages.
Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of the Four.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Guy de Maupassant. The Flayed Hand.
Classics Illustrated, 1945. - 50 pages. What happens when old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity meets the sorcery and superstition of King Arthur’s court? Hank Morgan falls asleep in 19th century Connecticut and wakes in 6th century Engtand, where his scientific know-how earn him the title "The Boss"— and the undying emnity of, - Arthur’s scheming wizard, Merlin. Hank finds that he...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 50 pages. Adaptation by T. Scott, art by Jack Sparling. What happens when old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity meets the sorcery and superstition of King Arthur’s court? Hank Morgan falls asleep in 19th century Connecticut and wakes in 6th century Engtand. where his scientific know-how earn him ,tfie title The Boss"— and the undying emnity of,-Arthur’s...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 49 pages. Art by Frank Giacoia.
It is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 49 pages. Art by Frank Giacoia. It is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is...
Classics Illustrated. — 57 pages. Art by Frank Giacoia.
It is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. Retells the classic story of two boys, one a slave and one his master, who are exchanged as infants, a secret that is not discovered until one becomes involved in a murder trial, in a graphic novel with study guide.
Classics Illustrated, 1952. — 52 pages.
Retells the classic story of two boys, one a slave and one his master, who are exchanged as infants, a secret that is not discovered until one becomes involved in a murder trial, in a graphic novel with study guide.
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 50 pages.
Mark Twain’s classic story of a mischievous boy who, despite good and sometimes not so good intentions, finds himself in trouble at every turn. He lives with his Aunt Polly and her son, Sid, who is a source of much of Tom’s woes. This light-hearted, yet intriguing story tells of Tom’s many misadventures, his troubles with girls, and his...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages. Mark Twain’s classic story of a mischievous boy who, despite good and sometimes not so good intentions, finds himself in trouble at every turn. He lives with his Aunt Polly and her son, Sid, who is a source of much of Tom’s woes. This light-hearted, yet intriguing story tells of Tom’s many misadventures, his troubles with girls, and his...
Classics Illustrated, 1964. - 50 pages. What would it be like to go from rags to riches in a moment — and back again? Could a prince raised in luxury learn from the lowest of his subjects - while being dragged through the mud? And could a guttersnipe learn to wield the power of rank and wealth? Rich with the flavor Tudor England’s raucous underworld, and the intrigue of King...
Classics Illustrated. 1997. - 49 pages. Art by Arnold Hicks. What would it be like to go from rags to riches in a moment—and back again? Could a prince raised in luxury learn from the lowest of his subjects-while being dragged through the mud? And could a guttersnipe learn to wield the power of rank and wealth? Rich with the flavor Tudor England’s raucous underworld, and the...
Tom Sawyer & notes. Classics Illustrated. 47 pages. Mark Twain’s story of a mischievous Missouri schoolboy combines humor, terror, and astute social criticism in a delightful tale of life on the Mississippi. Written in 1876, Tom Sawyer became the model for an idea of American boyhood in the 19th century. Внимание: Скан оставляет желать лучшего. Картинки выглядят неплохо, а вот...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. — 50 pages.
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1940 western novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which two drifters are drawn into a lynch mob to find and hang three men presumed to be rustlers and the killers of a local man.
Clifton Fadiman, writing an introduction to the Readers Club edition, called it a "mature, unpitying examination of what causes men...
Classics Illustrated, 1948. - 50 pages.
In this classic tale of undersea adventure, three men—the scientist Aronnax and his assistant Conseil, and the prince of harpooners, Ned Land—are captured by the enigmatic Nemo, and held aboard his incredible submarine, the Nautilus. The men face sharks, icebergs, even giant octopi, but the greatest threat comes from Captain Nemo himself....
Graphic Classics. 53 pages. Illustrated by Li Sidong. Retold by Jaqueline Morley. In this pioneering, nineteenth-century science fiction novel, the brilliant but strange Captain Nemo has designed a gigantic submarine, which he now captains. With his crew, he uses his submarine, the Nautilus, as a weapon of vengeance against the civilization that has rejected and exiled him. But...
3-D Color Classics. 18 pages. In this pioneering, nineteenth-century science fiction novel, the brilliant but strange Captain Nemo has designed a gigantic submarine, which he now captains. With his crew, he uses his submarine, the Nautilus, as a weapon of vengeance against the civilization that has rejected and exiled him. But has Nemo met his match in the formidable Professor...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 46 pages.
In this classic tale of undersea adventure,
three men—the scientist Aronnax and his
assistant Conseil, and the prince of harpooners,
Ned Land—are captured by the enigmatic
Nemo, and held aboard his incredible submarine,
the Nautilus. The men face sharks, icebergs,
even giant octopi, but the greatest threat comes
from Captain Nemo...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages.
A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tale delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet.
Classics Illustrated, 2002. — 53 pages.
A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tale delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet.
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. Jules Verne’s adventure story about a wager to circumvent the globe in 80 days was so popular when it was first published that it spawned several real-life copycats who tried to replicate the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout. Verne’s epic tale, which still manages to elicit wonder and excitement in readers over 125...
Classics Illustrated, 1969. — 50 pages.
Jules Verne’s adventure story about a wager to circumvent the globe in 80 days was so popular when it was first published that it spawned several real-life copycats who tried to replicate the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout.
Verne’s epic tale, which still manages to elicit wonder and excitement in readers over 125...
Classics Illustrated, 1952. - 50 pages.
Set at the end of the American Civil War, From the Earth to the Moon is a forward-looking tale of space adventure. With no other pressing assignments the Baltimore Gun Club, at the urging of its President, Impey Barbicane, decides to build a gun large enough to propel a projectile from the Earth to the Moon. With a wager being placed on...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 47 pages.
Set at the end of the American Civil War, From the Earth to the Moon is a forward-looking tale of space adventure. With no other pressing assignments the Baltimore Gun Club, at the urging of its President, Impey Barbicane, decides to build a gun large enough to propel a projectile from the Earth to the Moon. With a wager being placed on...
Classics Illustrated, 1963. - 50 pages. Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Tartar Khan, Feofar Khan, incites a rebellion and separates the Russian Far East from the mainland, severing telegraph lines. Rebels encircle Irkutsk, where the local governor, brother of the Tsar, is making a last stand. Strogoff is sent to...
Classics Illustrated, 1947. - 50 pages.
In the midst of a hurricane, six desperate Union soldiers plan a daring escape from a Confederate prison—by hot air balloon!
Drifting across the sky for days, the balloon and its passengers finally reach a desert island lost in the vastness of the sea. Together the men work to survive, building shelter, finding food, reinventing...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. - 50 pages.
Adaptation by Manning L. Stokes,
art by Robert Webb & David Heames,
cover by Richard Case.
In the midst of a hurricane, six desperate Union
soldiers plan a daring escape from a
Confederate prison—by hot air balloon!
Drifting across the sky for days, the balloon
and its passengers finally reach a desert island
lost in the...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 48 pages.
One of the most gripping of H.G. Wells’ science-fiction sagas, The Invisible Man is the story of a brilliant young scientist who impetuously experiments upon himself, and then becomes invisible and mad, imprisoned in a nightmare of his own making. A spellbinding and unforgettable fantasy, it also provides a lesson in the calamity that can...
Classics Illustrated. — 46 pages.
One of the most gripping of H.G. Wells’ science-fiction sagas, The Invisible Man is the story of a brilliant young scientist who impetuously experiments upon himself, and then becomes invisible and mad, imprisoned in a nightmare of his own making. A spellbinding and unforgettable fantasy, it also provides a lesson in the calamity that can...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 46 pages. One of H.G. Wells’s most visionary tales, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" relates the disturbing tale of Pendrick, a shipwrecked naturalist who unwittingly discovers a horrific scientific and social experiment that is creating a mutant race of hideous creatures, half-human and half-beast. Terrifying and spellbinding, Wells’s masterpiece warns...
3-D Color Classics. 20 pages. Comics.
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and later adapted into two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This story is generally credited with the popularisation...
Marvel Classics Comics, 1976. — 50 pages.
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and later adapted into two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This story is generally credited with the...
Classics Illustrated. — 48 pages.
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1898. It is the first-person narrative of the adventures of an unnamed protagonist and his brother in Surrey and London as Earth is invaded by Martians. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and...
Classics Illustrated, 1997. — 47 pages. The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1898. It is the first-person narrative of the adventures of an unnamed protagonist and his brother in Surrey and London as Earth is invaded by Martians. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind...
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 50 pages. Wild Bill Hickok is remembered for his services in Kansas as sheriff of Hays City and marshal of Abilene, where his ironhanded rule helped to tame two of the most lawless towns on the frontier. He is also remembered for the cards he was holding when he was shot dead - a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights - since known as the...
Classics Illustrated, 1967. — 50 pages.
Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss (1743 – 1818) and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance. Wyss' attitude toward education is in line with the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many of the...
Classics Illustrated, 1968. — 52 pages. The Downfall is Émile Zola's 1892 novel, the penultimate in the Rougon-Macquart series, which is a story set against the background of the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan and the Paris Commune, events that led to the end of the reign of Napoléon III and the Second French Empire in 1870. The novel follows Jean Macquart, a corporal...
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