Lolita vs Madame Bovary: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Literary Fiction, Fiction

Cover of Lolita

Lolita Vladimir Nabokov · 1777 ★★★★☆ 3.9 322 pages · ≈ 5 h 58 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert · 1856 ★★★★☆ 3.7 430 pages · ≈ 7 h 58 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.7 — either is a safe pick by score.
Lolita is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Madame Bovary.
Madame Bovary is the easier read (Challenging), Lolita more demanding (Demanding).

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