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The league of extraordinary gentlemen - Vol. 1

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York DC Comics 2012Description: ISBN:
  • 9781563898587
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 741.5 M6L3-I
Summary: "A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society."—TIME"Moore has combined his love of 19th-century adventure literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century corollary, the superhero comic book."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Swashbuckling, wry humor."—SPINLondon, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions.In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Britain.(http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-novels/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-vol-1)
List(s) this item appears in: Children's Day celebration | Graphic Novels | Alan Moore
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 40-B / Slot 2321 (2nd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 741.5 M6L3-I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 184733

"A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society."—TIME"Moore has combined his love of 19th-century adventure literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century corollary, the superhero comic book."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Swashbuckling, wry humor."—SPINLondon, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions.In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Britain.(http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-novels/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-vol-1)

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