O Ateneu
By: Raul Pompéia ; por Marcello Quintanilha, roteiro e arte
Edition: 1a edição, 1a impressão.
Series: Clássicos Brasileiros em HQ; Clássicos brasileiros em HQ
Publisher: Editora Ática
Published: 2012
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9788508153657; 9788508153664
Subjects: Boarding schools; Comic books, strips; Schoolboys; Adaptations; Brazilian literature
Description: The story of Sérgio, an eleven-year-old boy who is sent to a strict boarding school with a sadistic headmaster. The schoolboys are rebellious, rioting and fighting, even suggesting homosexuality given the isolation they have from the external world. The only woman in the place is the seductive wife of the headmaster.
Notes: Based on "O Atenu" by Raul Pompeia, Livraria Francisco Alves, 1888.

Bonus: A look at making adaptations of classics.