Manga Classics: Great Expectations Softcover.
Manga Classics Series
This series reimagines classic literature through the engaging medium of manga. It offers a unique fusion that appeals to both literary enthusiasts and fans of Japanese comics. Each volume faithfully retells timeless stories, from Shakespeare to Victor Hugo, using a visually rich and accessible format. It's an excellent way to discover or rediscover literary masterpieces through a captivating artistic style. The series provides a fresh perspective on well-known narratives.
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
- 344 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A collection of twenty-four illustrated stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror.
The scarlet letter
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
"The Scarlet Letter" is the story of Hester Prynne, a married woman who has an affair and gives birth to an illegitimate daughter. Condemned by society for her adultery, she is forced to wear a scarlet A for 'Adulteress' on her dress for the rest of her life. Publicly disgraced and ostracised, Hester refuses to name her lover - drawing on her strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Hester bears her shame with dignity, and attitudes towards her soften as time passes; Arthur Dimmesdale, her lover, is steadily consumed by his guilt, having disavowed his passion for Hester and any love for their daughter Pearl; while her husband is destroyed by his determination to discover the lover's identity.