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by James Panero
It's not what you think. <blockquote> In recent years, a handful of small but ambitious publishing houses have been steadily releasing classic works of fiction in graphic form, hoping to entice younger readers for whom the very notion of great literature may seem outdated. </blockquote> New Criterion contributor Alexander Nazaryan has some thoughts on new graphic interpretations of classic novels here.
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