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Illustrations by Gustave Doré
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Idylls of the King, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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She did not seem as dead, but fast asleep
All day long we rode through the dim land against a rushing wind.
The flickering fairy circle wheeled and broke
She cast her arms about him, and at once they rode away.
Blue Beard and other Fairy Tales, by Michael Richard Hinton
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Suddenly a wolf stood in her way.
Mark well! This little key's a special one.
He ran towards the bed and dragged them out.
Let me see if I can do it. Please!
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Forthwith upright he rears from off the Pool his mighty Stature.
So parted they.
Then Satan first knew pain.
Let the Waters generate Reptil with Spawn abundant.
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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The Wolf and the Lamb
The Town Rat and the Country Rat
An animal in the moon
The Monkey and the Dolphin
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Ancient Mariner no.1
Ancient Mariner no.5
Ancient Mariner no.2
Ancient Mariner no.6
Gustave Doré’s Bible: the Old Testament
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Adam and Eve are driven out of Eden
Joshua Burns the Town of Ai
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire.
Jonah is Spewed Forth by the Whale.
Gustave Doré’s Bible: the New Testament
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Wise Men are Guided by a Star.
Herod's Daughter Receives the Head of John the Baptist.
Jesus is Mocked.
The Pale Horse of Death
Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, volume 1
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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It was early morning and the rays of the sun fell on them obliquely.
As he drove his lance-point into the sail the wind whirled it round.
They, however, did not stay their laughter or their work for this.
Caged and hoisted on the cart.
Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, volume 2
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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On taking leave he kissed the hands of the duke and duchess and got his master's blessing.
Come along, comrade and friend and partner of my toils and sorrows.
I fear me they will overtake them and bring them back tied to the tail of their own horse.
At last Don Quixote's end came.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno, by Dante Alighieri
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Behold the monster.
This one is Nimrod.
There do the hideous harpies make their nests.
Lightly in the abyss he put us down.
The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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Four and twenty Elders.
O mad Arachne!
In sooth I'm Beatrice!
I fell, and tenantless my flesh remained.
The Divine Comedy: Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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In fashion then as of a snow-white rose.
Their number makes more millions than the doubling of the chess.
Beatrice and Dante in the sphere of Saturn.
On that cross as levin gleamed forth Christ.
The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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The Raven no.1
The Raven no.8
The Raven no.5
The Raven no.16
Mayhem in the Middle East
Illustrations by Gustave Doré, recreated in colour by Michael Richard Hinton
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The world is destroyed by water.
David slays Goliath
Elijah destroys the messengers of Ahaziah.
The Firstborn of the Egyptians are Slain.
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