Les misérables #1

Victor Hugo's sweeping masterpiece gets a gorgeous graphic novel treatment in this 2020 adaptation from Daedalus. The cover, by L'Hermenier, Looky & Siamh, and Parada, draws the eye immediately: a brooding, bearded man looms large in the background while a young woman in a violet dress clutches a small child close, bundles of firewood in the girl's arms — unmistakably Fantine and little Cosette set against a detailed 19th-century Parisian skyline complete with Notre-Dame and the blue-white-red of the French tricolor. Subtitled Fantine, this first volume promises a faithful and beautifully rendered entry point into one of literature's most enduring stories of hardship and humanity.