The Big Book of Graphic Classics: Five Graphic Novel Adaptations of Classic Stories

by Jules Verne, Wim Coleman, Pat Perrin

The world's best stories, retold in dynamic graphic novel form. These reinvisioned classics will hook reluctant readers and thrust them face to face with some of history's most famous tales. Stories Robin Hood, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

336 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2023

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5 ⭐️

Lovely illustrations and retellings of classic novels. I wasn’t the biggest fan of some of the stories’ plot lines, but this was a great way to get an overview of famous works with less of a time commitment.