#chiostri illustrations watercolour

‘Father! What are those men in those carts?’

Jean Valjean replied: ‘Convicts.’

‘Whither are they going?’

‘To the galleys.’

‘Father, are they still men?’

‘Sometimes,’ answered the unhappy man.

Les Misérables | Vol.IV - Book.III - Ch.VIII Watercolor illustration by Gino Stabace and Carlo Chiostri (Italian Edition, 1930)