Roméo et Juliette #[nn]

Part of Vents d'Ouest's "Les Grands Classiques du Théâtre en Bande Dessinée" series, this 2008 French-language adaptation brings Shakespeare's Roméo et Juliette to life in comics form — complete with the full, unabridged text (texte intégral). The cover immediately sets the emotional tone: a young man clutches a dark-cloaked figure close against a deep crimson backdrop, scattered heart shapes drifting around them like fallen petals. It's a quietly affecting image that captures both the tenderness and the shadow at the heart of one of theatre's most enduring love stories.