Madame Bovary (1857)

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   Ana Karênina de Leo Tolstoy (roby72)
2. 110
   The Awakening de Kate Chopin (StarryNightElf)

   StarryNightElf: This is the American version of Madame Bovary - set in turn of the century Louisiana.

3. 100
   The Custom of the Country de Edith Wharton (Limelite)

   Limelite: Essentially the same greedy, social climbing woman who gets herself into money troubles and manipulates men to get out of them -- but with more success. Similar commentary on society, but instead of the bourgeoisie of village France it's the upper crust of NYC of nearly the same time but without the trenchant humor of Flaubert.… (mais)

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   Dom Quixote de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (DLSmithies)

   DLSmithies: Don Quixote was Flaubert's favourite book, and I've read somewhere that the idea of Madame Bovary is to re-tell the story of Don Quixote in a different context. Don Quixote is obsessed with chivalric literature, and immerses himself in it to the extent that he loses his grip on reality. Emma Bovary is bewitched by Romantic literature in the same way. There are lots of parallels between the two novels, and I think putting them side by side can lead to a better understanding of both.… (mais)

5. 80
   Vanity Fair de William Makepeace Thackeray (HollyMS)

   HollyMS: Both works are about women who would do anything to gain a life of luxury.

6. 70
   Far from the Madding Crowd de Thomas Hardy (Booksloth)
7. 60
   The Awakening and Selected Short Stories {9 stories} de Kate Chopin (Dilara86)
8. 60
   The Red and the Black de Stendhal (LittleMiho)
9. 30
   Effi Briest de Theodor Fontane (roby72)
10. 31
    The Bad Girl de Mario Vargas Llosa (browner56)

    browner56: The stories of two women, separated by 150 years, who search desperately for something they never find. Flaubert's legendary protaganist is the role model for Vargas Llosa's "bad girl".

11. 31
    The Female Quixote de Charlotte Lennox (allenmichie)
12. 20
    Something to Declare de Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
13. 20
    Flaubert's Parrot de Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
14. 10
    Mrs Craddock de W. Somerset Maugham (soylentgreen23)

    soylentgreen23: 'Mrs Craddock' evidently shares a lot in common with Flaubert's masterpiece, especially in terms of its representation of a woman married to a dull man, who wishes to have a renewed taste of passion, despite the likely terrible consequences.

15. 10
    Sodom and Gomorrah de Marcel Proust (caflores)
16. 10
    Die, My Love de Ariana Harwicz (potenza)

    potenza: Man Booker Intl finalist. Woman on the edge. Brutally feminist.

17. 10
    The Doctor's Wife de Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Lapsus_Linguae)

    Lapsus_Linguae: Both heroines love novels and wish to lead an adventurous life but instead, they both get married to down-to-earth medical men who, despite a sincere affection, never understand them.

18. 11
    The Home and the World de Rabindranath Tagore (CGlanovsky)
19. 11
    Serious Men de Manu Joseph (orangewords)
20. 00
    Een zuivere liefde de Sofja Tolstaja (Monika_L)

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