Lockdowns are mentally tiring, so you may not be in the mood to finish all those classic novels you started to read. Fortunately I have an alternative for you: Classics Illustrated!

Let's take a look at a few... Image
Homer eroticism: The Odyssey. Classics Illustrated, 1951. Image
Wrestling with issues of state: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Classics Illustrated, 1958. Image
Peck 'n' Pa...

The Food Of The Gods by HG Wells. Classics Illustrated 160, 1961. Image
Chug! Chug! Chug! Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Classics Illustrated, 1968. Image
Eyebrow game... Faust, by Goethe. Classics Illustrated, 1962. Image
I think this is the Nik Kershaw edition: Don Quixote, by Miguel De Cervantes. Classics Illustrated, 1943. Image
Spoilers! Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Classics Illustrated, 1947. Image
That's a very *ahem* unusual bottle shape you've drawn.

The Bottle Imp, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Classics Illustrated, 1954. Image
"Is this a dagger I see before me?" Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. Classics Illustrated 128, 1955. Image
That Scooby-Doo / Sherlock crossover you've been waiting for. Classics Illustrated, 1947. Image
Don Draper on a unicycle. The Time Machine by H G Wells. Classics Illustrated, 1956. Image
Hamlet, the codeine edition. Classics Illustrated, 1969. Image
A few panels from the 1949 Classics Illustrated edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. ImageImageImageImage
You can read many Classics Illustrated titles for free thanks to the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/classi…

Do have a look and crib your way to a classics education! What are the chances... Image

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