LITERARY COMICS

Dracula: Bram Stoker's (1847-1912)

London, end of April, 1880. Mina Murray accompanies her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, to the station. The young notary must go on business to the wildest part of Europe, to Transylvania, deep in the heart of the Carpathian region. There he must meet Count Dracula, a strange character who wants to buy a large property on the outskirts of London. Jonathan is going to suggest that he buys the magnificent Purfleet estate.

Mysterious and tormented: that's what we know about Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula. And, indeed, that is how he must have been to imagine such a bloodthirsty creature. 104 years later, the author is perhaps not so well remembered but Dracula is certainly still as famous as ever. It's a case of a character that has "eliminated" its author!

beloved: estimat

go mad: tornarse boig

frighten: espentar

either: tampoc

safe and sound: sa i estalvi

seem: semblar

this way: així

drag: arrestrar

soul: anima

wound: ferida

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain (1835-1910)

The story takes place in the USA, around 1860, in St Petersburg, a little town on the river Mississippi. The main character, Tom Sawyer, lives with his Aunt Polly, who tries to educate him and show him good manners but without much success...

The author spent his childhood in little town next to the river Mississippi, and he left school when he was 12 years old. He was a typographer, a steamboat pilot, and a gold digger, before becoming the most famous American writer of his time.

freedom: llibertat

liking: gust

rather: bastant

show off: presumir
good manners: bons modals 
smartly dressed: ben vestit
on his own: sol
chance: oportunitat
suddenly: de cop
thrilling: apasionant