Les Misérables #1

A handsome 2019 adaptation of Victor Hugo's enduring novel, this first volume focuses on Fantine and brings the world of 19th-century France vividly to life. The cover, by Looky & Siarh and Parada, presents a brooding, bearded Jean Valjean looming large above a weary young woman clutching a small child, with the silhouette of Notre-Dame Cathedral and a crowd gathered beneath a tricolor flag stretching across the horizon behind them. L'Hermenier's adaptation, rendered with warmth and period detail, makes this an inviting entry point into one of literature's greatest stories.