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Bad Marriage Novels

Please note: the marriage(s) depicted in these novels are bad, not necessarily the books themselves.
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
2
Gustave Flaubert
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Bronte
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
5
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
6
Thomas Hardy
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
7
Edith Wharton
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
8
Kate Chopin
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
9
George Eliot
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
10
Richard Yates
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
11
Edith Wharton
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
12
Anne Brontë
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
15
Henry James
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
16
W. Somerset Maugham
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
17
Jean Rhys
Lady Chatterly's Lover (Lawrence, D.H.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover
18
Lawrence, D.H.
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
20
Thomas Hardy
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
21
Barbara Kingsolver
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
22
Thomas Hardy
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
23
Alexandre Dumas
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
24
John Galsworthy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
25
Margaret Mitchell
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
26
Wilkie Collins
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
27
Thomas Hardy
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
28
John Updike
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
29
Gillian Flynn
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
30
Michael Cunningham
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
31
Daniel Defoe
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
32
Isabel Allende
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
33
Ian McEwan
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
34
Margaret Atwood
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
35
Khaled Hosseini
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
36
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
37
Amy Tan
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
38
Honore De Balzac
The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata
39
Leo Tolstoy
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
40
Sara Gruen
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