Madame Bovary (Transatlantic Classics) (1857 original; edició 2012)

1. 163
   Anna Karènina de Leo Tolstoy (roby72)
2. 120
   El Despertar de Kate Chopin (StarryNightElf)

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

3. 100
   Els Costums del país 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.… (més)

4. 122
   El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha 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.… (més)

5. 90
   La fira de les vanitats de William Makepeace Thackeray (HollyMS)

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

6. 80
   Lluny del brogit del món de Thomas Hardy (Booksloth)
7. 70
   The Awakening and Selected Short Stories {9 stories} de Kate Chopin (Dilara86)
8. 60
   El roig i el negre de Stendhal (LittleMiho)
9. 30
   Effi Briest de Theodor Fontane (roby72)
10. 20
    El lloro de Flaubert de Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
11. 20
    Something to Declare de Julian Barnes (KayCliff)
12. 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".

13. 31
    The Female Quixote de Charlotte Lennox (allenmichie)
14. 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.

15. 10
    Casa de nines de Henrik Ibsen (mysimas)
16. 10
    La senyora Craddock (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.

17. 10
    Sodom and Gomorrah de Marcel Proust (caflores)
18. 11
    Contre-enquête sur la mort d'Emma Bovary de Philippe Doumenc (Cecilturtle)
19. 00
    Een zuivere liefde de Sofja Tolstaja (Monika_L)
20. 11
    Die, My Love de Ariana Harwicz (potenza)

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

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