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Great Books Based on Other Great Books - Flavorwire

Literature is a never-ending, overlapping, sometimes circular conversation — between writers, between readers, between books themselves. Especially when viewed from a vantage, and despite what Vonnegut said, this fact can make for some fascinating and rewarding reading. After all, what's more interesting than listening in on one genius talking to another? And in story form, no less. There are some novels that are better if you have a little bit of background going in — and sometimes that background is nothing more or less than another great novel. Here are a few books you should pair the way you would a fine wine with an excellent cheese — each enhancing the other and making for a very satisfying evening.
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
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Ulysses
Ulysses
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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Jack Maggs
Jack Maggs
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Faust
Faust
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
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The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors
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Foreign Bodies (Cynthia Ozick)
Foreign Bodies (Cynthia Ozick)
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The Song of Geryon (Stesichorus)
The Song of Geryon (Stesichorus)
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Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red
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Three Tales (Gustave Flaubert)
Three Tales (Gustave Flaubert)
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Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
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Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass
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Pale Fire
Pale Fire
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Genesis
Genesis
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid
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Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
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The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon
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Snow White (Brothers Grimm)
Snow White (Brothers Grimm)
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
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King Lear
King Lear
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A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
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Warm Bodies (Isaac Marion)
Warm Bodies (Isaac Marion)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Great (Sara Benincasa)
Great (Sara Benincasa)
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Howard's End
Howard's End
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On Beauty
On Beauty
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The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
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Winterspell (Claire Legrand)
Winterspell (Claire Legrand)
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