Ive been getting really into classic literature lately, and im wondering if any mangakas have tried their hand at adapting it into comics? 3s5b1w

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I literally made an just so I could reply to this. The Les Miserables manga by Takahiro Arai is absolutely fantastic. I had only seen the 2012 movie before then and the manga made me love the story so much more. Seven Seas just finished putting it out in English a few months ago.

https://mangaupdates.sitesdebloques.biz/series/jufuao8/les-miserables-arai-takahiro

oh yay!

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Dante Shinkyoku

Check out Manga Classics.com, they have a variety of things they have published.

I read the manga "Hototogisu" by Takami Mako not long ago, which is based on a Japanese classic novel written in the late 1800s. Very dramatic, but a decent read.

'Classic literature' is ittedly a very loaded term, but in of manga adaptations of Japanese "classic" works of prose literature, I very strongly recommend Suehiro Maruo's adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's The Caterpillar. If you enjoy stories of the early 20th century in Japan (especially with regard to Japanese colonial expansion or the experiences of imperial soldiers and their loved ones), horror stories, or 'fucked up' stories, you may enjoy this. Trigger warnings abound, though, so don't touch it if you're squeamish. After revisiting both Ranpo and Maruo's versions over and over again, I genuinely believe that Maruo's take strikes a perfect balance between 'faithful' adaptation and reinterpretation. Maruo has repeatedly adapted Ranpo, in an ongoing tradition which has seen multiple mangaka of some note reinterpreting the master of erotic-grotesque horror and so-called "father of Japanese Mystery/Detective fiction", which includes Junji Ito and, quite recently, Shintaro Kago.

Some others that are maybe a little more obvious recommendations, but are worth mentioning.

• Both Usamaru Furuya and Junji Ito's adaptations of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human
• The Variety Artworks Series, which includes adaptions of Natsume Souseki's Kokoro and Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad, as well as many non-Japanese stories, including works by Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, and yes, even Hitler.
• Osamu Tezuka's adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
• Gou Tanabe's many adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft
• Mitsuteru Yokoyama's classic and lengthy adaptation of Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Manga Classics did a few English ones but there are also some Japanese manga for Jane Austen:

Emma (HANABUSA Youko)

Shinai naru F e - Opera-za no Kaijin is based on The Phantom of the Opera.

Also I didn't know this was a category till now, but this might be helpful. Based on a Classic