Tamara Drewe

Posy Simmonds adapts Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd to a contemporary English village in this graphic novel, first serialized in The Guardian before its 2007 collection from Jonathan Cape. Simmonds, writing and illustrating the entire work, brings her signature observational wit to the story of a newspaper columnist whose return to her rural roots stirs up romantic entanglements and local intrigue. The series stands as a modern literary landmark, demonstrating the graphic novel's capacity for sophisticated social comedy and character-driven narrative.