Books like Madame Bovary

1. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy · 1878

   Because shares tags: classics, tragedy, marriage.

   Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.

2. 

   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë · 1847

   Because shares tags: classics, tragedy, literary fiction.

   Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.

3. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction, tragedy.

   The Great Gatsby through Nick Carraway: Gatsby's parties, the green light, Daisy and Tom, and why Fitzgerald's 1925 novel ends as a…

4. 

   White Oleander

   Janet Fitch · 1999

   Because shares tags: literary fiction, tragedy.

   Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.

5. 

   Things Fall Apart

   Chinua Achebe · 1958

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

6. 

   Their Eyes Were Watching God

   Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

7. 

   The Virgin Suicides

   Jeffrey Eugenides · 1993

   Because shares tags: literary fiction, tragedy.

   Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.

8. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, france.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

9. 

   The Master and Margarita

   Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

10. 

    The Karamazov Brothers

    Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

11. 

    Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

12. 

    A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway · 1929

    Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.

    Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.

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