QuintoBlanco

QuintoBlanco t1_itutzp4 wrote

From Hell, the graphic novel by Alan Moore is to a large extent about the victims, although Jack the Ripper is also heavily featured.

(The work is a work of fiction despite getting many historical details right, the man who is Jack the Ripper in the book is almost certainly not the real Jack the Ripper.)

It's a great book because it uses the historical case of the Ripper murders to comment on society.

There is a movie adaptation but the movie pretty much lacks everything that makes the book great and is very different.

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QuintoBlanco t1_itn8wmb wrote

No internet.

Very few mobile phones and the ones that existed were sized like a brick.

In many bars, the bathroom was bigger than the bar area.

Fax machines were high-tech.

Rolled up sleeves.

And my favorite: the pop-upped collar.

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