Penko Gelev Books

A world-famous classic novel is the basis for this brand-new, dramatically illustrated book. Transformed from Jules Verne's original text into a graphic novel, this, like other Graphic Classics editions, makes a good introduction for young readers to the imaginative riches of literature. These books contain many extra features, including brief biographies of their authors, a list of each author's important works, a glossary, and an index. Suitable for classroom use as introductions to literature for junior and senior high school students, these graphic novels entertain young readers while introducing them to the works of renowned literary artists. Full-color illustrations throughout. In this pioneering science fiction tale from a nineteenth-century French novelist, a scientist and his young nephew enter a volcano's crater and descend deep into the earth, where they encounter strange and exciting challenges.

Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of Victorian culture, conventional and conservative women sexuality, immigration, colonialism, postcolonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for many theatrical and film interpretations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

A simplified retelling of the adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.

FOR SHEER STORYTELLING DELIGHT AND PURE ADVENTURE, TREASURE ISLAND HAS NEVER BEEN SURPASSED. FROM THE MOMENT YOUNG JIM HAWKINS FIRST ENCOUNTERS THE SINISTER BLIND PEW AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW INN UNTIL THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE FOR TREASURE ON A TROPIC ISLE, THE NOVEL CREATES SCENES AND CHARACTERS THAT HAVE FIRED THE IMAGINATIONS OF GENERATIONS OF READERS. WRITTEN BY A SUPERB PROSE STYLIST, A MASTER OF BOTH ACTION AND ATMOSPHERE, THE STORY CENTERS UPON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL BUT IN THIS CASE A PARTICULARLY ENGAGING FORM OF EVIL. IT IS THE VILLAINY OF THAT MOST AMBIGUOUS ROGUE LONG JOHN SILVER THAT SETS THE TEMPO OF THIS TALE OF TREACHERY, GREED, AND DARING.