Madame Bovary (1857)

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   Das Erwachen: Roman von Kate Chopin (StarryNightElf)

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

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   Anna Karenina von Leo Tolstoy (roby72)
3. 122
   Don Quijote von 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.… (mehr)

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   Die kühle Woge des Glücks von 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.… (mehr)

5. 90
   Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit von William Makepeace Thackeray (HollyMS)

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

6. 70
   The Awakening and other stories. Text mit Materialien. (Lernmaterialien) von Kate Chopin (Dilara86)
7. 70
   Am grünen Rand der Welt von Thomas Hardy (Booksloth)
8. 60
   Rot und Schwarz von Stendhal (LittleMiho)
9. 30
   Effi Briest von Theodor Fontane (roby72)
10. 31
    Das böse Mädchen von 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".

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    Der weibliche Quichotte oder Arabellas Abenteuer : Roman von Charlotte Lennox (allenmichie)
12. 20
    Tour de France von Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
13. 20
    Flauberts Papagei von Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
14. 10
    Mrs. Craddock von 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.

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    Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit: Sodom und Gomorra, 2 Bände von Marcel Proust (caflores)
16. 10
    Die, My Love von Ariana Harwicz (potenza)

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

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    The Doctor's Wife von 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.

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    Das Heim und die Welt von Rabindranath Tagore (CGlanovsky)
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    Serious Men von Manu Joseph (orangewords)
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    Eine Frage der Schuld: Roman - Mit der «Kurzen Autobiographie der Gräfin S. A. Tolstaja»: Anläßlich der "Kreutzersonate" von Lew Tolstoi. Mit einem Nachwort von Ursula Keller von Sofja Tolstaja (Monika_L)

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