Madame Bovary vs MAIN STREET: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Physicians' spouses, Married women, Fiction

Cover of Madame Bovary

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

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Cover of MAIN STREET

MAIN STREET Sinclair Lewis · 1634 ★★★★☆ 3.8 447 pages · ≈ 8 h 17 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Madame Bovary is the easier read (Challenging), MAIN STREET more demanding (Demanding).

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