Au Bonheur des Dames

In this 2020 Casterman graphic novel adaptation, Émile Zola’s classic novel Au Bonheur des Dames is reimagined as a lush, period comic. The story follows the rise of a vast Parisian department store and its impact on a young provincial woman, with the art and storytelling capturing the era’s opulence and social tensions. This single-issue work brings a literary masterpiece to a new audience through the visual language of comics.