Books like Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Charles Bovary is a country physician who has been widowed. While on a tour he meets the young mother Rouault and her daughter Emma, whom he marries. After the wedding Emma remains dissatisfied and yearns for a different life. A lover gives her the taste of luxury and the promise of a future together, but he abandons her. Once he has left, Emma keeps spending wildly, which leads her slowly to ruin and disgrace.
First publish date: 1856
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Gustave Flaubert
★
★
★
★
★
3.7 (43 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books theyβll enjoy.
Books similar to Madame Bovary (15 similar books)
A dark, passionate tale set on the West Yorkshire moors, following the tumultuous love and revenge between the Earnshaws, Lintons, and the enigmatic Heathcliff.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
F.β―Scott Fitzgeraldβs masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Set in north England, Jane Eyre follows an orphaned governess who faces abuse, hardship, and ultimately a complicated love with her employer, Edward Rochester, while contemplating marriage to her austere cousin St. John Rivers.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Lolita tells the story of an English professor, Humbert Humbert, who becomes obsessed with his 12βyearβold stepdaughter, Dolores Haze, nicknamed "Lolita," and the disturbing consequences of their relationship.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In postβwar Newβ―York, Newland Archer faces a dilemma when his fiancΓ©eβs cousin, the rebellious Ellen Olenska, challenges his elite societyβs expectations and his own loyalty.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In wintry Starkfield, Massachusetts, disabled farmer Ethan Frome is trapped in a loveless marriage to Zeena while his unrequited love for Zeenaβs cousin Mattie drives a desperate, tragic triangle that culminates in a failed attempt to escape together.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
The Awakening by Kate Chopin: A Novel of Women's Struggle and Feminism in the Late 19th Century South
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is a seminal French literary work.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In Edith Whartonβs classic, Lily Bart, a beautiful and intelligent young woman devoted to luxury, struggles to navigate New Yorkβs strict social hierarchy and moral expectations, ultimately confronting the limits of her independence.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Tess of the d'Urbervilles follows Tess Durbeyfield, a rural woman from a poor family, as she confronts poverty, social injustice, and the rigid expectations of early 20th-century English society.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A 19thβcentury French novel by Stendhal that situates a young Italian aristocrat amid the social, political, and romantic upheavals of Napoleonic Europe.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Silas Marner follows a recluse weaver who withdraws to Raveloe after a wrongful accusation, finding redemption and a second chance at life through the love of an abandoned child.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A CliffsNotes guide that analyzes Gustave Flaubertβs 1857 novel *Madame Bovary*, covering themes, character dynamics, literary techniques, and its historical context within European realism.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
Selma LagerlΓΆf by The Wonderful Adventures of NilsHave a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!