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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1

by Alan Moore · 2000

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London, 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.

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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. Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Hawley Griffin ( the Invisible Man) form a remarkable legion of intellectual aptitude and physical prowess: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thissuperherosuperheroMore like thisLess of this
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VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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intrigueintrigueMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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adultyoung adult
Length
short · 192 pages
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