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Classic literature in Lego – in pictures

Lego scenes: Dracula's bedchamber
A thirsty moment for the Count in Mina's bedchamber, from Dracula by Bram Stoker. (We don't remember Batman featuring in the story either, but it's been a while since we last read it) Photograph: Waterstones
Lego scenes: Mr Darcy leaving the lake
Mr Darcy leaving the lake, in the much-loved scene which does not actually feature in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. (It does in Andrew Davies's TV adaptation, though actor Colin Firth's impressive muscles were concealed in a wet shirt in that reinvention.) Photograph: Waterstones
Lego scenes: Arthur vs Mordred
Arthur fights Mordred in Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Many casualties, but not as gory as scene as ... Photograph: Waterstones
Lego scenes: The Red Wedding
The Red Wedding from A Storm of Swords (Book Three of A Song of Ice and Fire) by George RR Martin. Note the use of red Lego tiles to provide the grand guignol Photograph: Waterstones
Lego scenes: Romeo reaches Juliet's tomb
Visiting the atmospherically-lit crypt (note the flaming torches), Romeo reacts with horror to the apparent death of Juliet in Shakespeare's play Photograph: Waterstones
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