Madame Bovary
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
5 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2013–2019.
What people on Hacker News said
I contend that you'd learn an awful lot more about love and relationships from a novel like Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina, than you ever will from 'non-fiction' like The Game (which you've mentioned up-thread).
A solid contender for the title "best book of the 19th century".
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago? 2019 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2015? 2015 · 1 recommendation
- The Best Books I Read in 2013 2013 · 1 recommendation
- My Summer Reading List 2013 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What book are you reading? 2013 · 1 recommendation