#9 in Graphic novels
From Hell
- 576
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“From Hell” turns the Jack the Ripper murders into a portrait of a whole society, a conspiracy story far larger than its crimes. Alan Moore’s script imagines the killings as part of a political cover-up, and Eddie Campbell’s artwork is as frightening as the subject demands. Some readers find the murder scenes too explicit and too long, and its London relentlessly bleak; others prize the appendix as highly as the comic itself.
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About the book
From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 221 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 60% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Graphic novels average of 8.4. That is how 8.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 10 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.6 | 211 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is From Hell?
It has 576 pages — longer than 85% of the ranked books in Graphic novels.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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