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Scarlett & Sophie making graphic novels together including Eisner nom. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and No Surrender from @SelfMadeHero 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ally

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Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
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It was such an honour for The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists to be nominated for an Eisner. Congratulations to the winner of the ‘best adaptation’ category, George Orwell’s 1984 adapted by Fido Nesti Hooray for 20th C British political fiction 👏🎉🏆 https://t.co/bXeAeyoJap

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ain't I a Woman?, Sojourner Truth

Ain't I a Woman?

Sojourner Truth
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“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody helps me any best place. And AIN’T I A WOMAN?” Sojourner Truth died 139 years ago today but intersectional feminism lives on ✊ https://t.co/JLMfGVOc6t

Paperback, 2021

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen

Sense & Sensibility

Jane Austen
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@gladlib Jane Austen, Brontes, Dickens, Virginia Woolf - all as comfort reading, with Sense & Sensibility, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations and Mrs Dalloway as the cosiest choices of all

Paperback, 2013

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: News from Nowhere, William Morris

News from Nowhere

William Morris
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We’re a bit late to the party but for January’s unread classic it shall be William Morris’ News from Nowhere. We’ve heard lots about it, but have never yet actually read it. So here goes… https://t.co/KCOWMRR1Mt

Paperback, 2015

$8.97$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf
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@gladlib Jane Austen, Brontes, Dickens, Virginia Woolf - all as comfort reading, with Sense & Sensibility, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations and Mrs Dalloway as the cosiest choices of all

Paperback, 1990

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: This Slavery, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth

This Slavery

Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
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@BarbaranortonBn Hello! This Slavery is an adaptation of a story written by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, a Lancashire writer and mill worker who was politically active and a pacifist. We’re only just beginning so it won’t be out for a while yet!

Paperback, 2023

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell, Robert Tressell

The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell

Robert Tressell
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@EconomicsinTen Yeah and the remarkable stats about inequality are reminding us of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists too - what would Robert Tressell have thought of the concept of billionaires? https://t.co/G97AWxO52W

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Book Cover for: No Surrender: A Graphic Novel, Sophie Rickard

No Surrender: A Graphic Novel

Sophie Rickard
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About this time last year, Scarlett was spending all her waking hours like this, drawing the crowd scenes at the end of No Surrender graphic novel. It’s been out for nearly 6 months already, and (of course) we’re stuck in to drawing the next book now https://t.co/5OYYLBmig4

Paperback, 2022

$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Secret to Superhuman Strength, Alison Bechdel

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel
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We are looking forward to finding out The Secret to Superhuman Strength from Alison Bechdel who has been kind enough to set it out on paper (yes, that Alison Bechdel as in the Bechdel Test!) https://t.co/MYtfaheqo9

Hardcover, 2021

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Open Book, Kasaundra Hamilton

Open Book

Kasaundra Hamilton
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This weeks’ Open Book has @lizzystewart & Posy Simmonds talking about women making graphic novels about women, depicting the 20th C, adapting classics, and accessibility 👏👏👏 https://t.co/bMIEYmOob0

Paperback, 2021

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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