I thought it was thought provoking. Any other books you might recommend?
2006-07-18 13:13:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Other thought provoking books with interesting female characters (and of more or less similar quality) are: Flaubert's Madame Bovary, E.M. Forster's Howards End, Henry James - Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, The Wings of the dove, etc., Simone deBeauvoir - She came to stay, or Sybille Bedford - A Legacy.
As to Russian authors of roughly that period - you will probably like anything by Turgenev (especially The Torrents of Spring), Dostojewsky, Tolstoy (esp. Ressurection, War and Peace), or Pushkin.
Also, try Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain and Buddenbrooks: The decline of a Family and Heinrich Mann's Young Henry of Navarre/ Henry, King of France (a breath taking read!).
+ Something completely different but highly recommendable: Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go!
2006-07-18 21:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I've read Anna Karenina and thought it was great. I don't know if these books are necessarily similar...but I have seen some scholarly journals comparing and contrasting Anna Karenina to Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Vanity Fair by Thackeray. I think the common bond being strong female characters. I've read Gone With The Wind...but have yet to read Vanity Fair.
2006-07-19 10:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try any of the more prominent 19th century Russian authors. I highly recommend Dostoevsky and his book 'Brothers Karamazov'. Also, in second place, Crime and Punishment. Or go back to Tolstoy and tackle 'War and Peace'. For short stories Chekhov. As you have already leaned, this school of literature provides wonderful, provocative works which you become completely absorbed in.
The Russian authors ARE thought provoking, satisfying and rewarding. Enjoy!
2006-07-18 20:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved the book "Anna Karenina". it is my favorite one by Tolstoy.
One that was recommended to me recently that is similar is "Effi Briest" by Theodor Fontane. Although not among my favorites, "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert has been compared to it.
Edith Wharton is another author that you might enjoy reading. Her works include women "Often portrayed as tragic victims of cruel social conventions, they are trapped in bad relationships or confining circumstances." (refer to site below)
Another good book is "Daisy Miller" by Henry James. It is a short novel about "a young American girl's willful yet innocent flirtation with a young Italian, and its unfortunate consequences."
2006-07-19 16:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Selkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read a biography of Tolstoy. It will help you understand dear old Count Leo's sometimes twisted views on women, peasants, serfdom, aristocracy etc etc.
2006-07-19 12:26:29 · answer #5 · answered by Ella S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently read Nathan McCall's "Makes me wanna holler" and found it very thought provoking. I guess I'll have to go get a copy of Anna K. now.
2006-07-18 20:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by Hielodrive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"War and Peace" also by Tolstoy. Its excellent!!! Best book I've read yet and I read alot and I'm old.
2006-07-18 21:07:42 · answer #7 · answered by vickioh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't get through it , I thought it was boring. I loved Jane Eyre
try it
2006-07-18 20:57:10 · answer #8 · answered by GardeningGurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but i saw it acted out. they had a train at the end and everything.
2006-07-18 20:16:36 · answer #9 · answered by truthyness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋