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The Guardian: Ten of the Best & the Books That Inspired Them

The source article in The Guardian offers fascinating insights into the links between the older work and its modern 'update'. The links may be more complicated than my straightforward challenge suggests.
Just in case it is not obvious to you, the layout is pairs of older/newer book.
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
1
William Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
2
Jane Smiley
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
3
William Shakespeare
The Last Weekend (Blake Morrison)
The Last Weekend
4
Blake Morrison
Amphitryon (Plautus)
Amphitryon
5
Plautus
The Infinities (John Banville)
The Infinities
6
John Banville
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
7
Charles Dickens
Heliopolis (James Scudamore)
Heliopolis
8
James Scudamore
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
9
Gustave Flaubert
Gemma Bovery (Posy Simmonds)
Gemma Bovery
10
Posy Simmonds
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
11
E.M. Forster
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
12
Zadie Smith
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
13
Homer
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
14
James Joyce
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
15
William Faulkner
Last Orders (Graham Swift)
Last Orders
16
Graham Swift
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
17
Henry James
Foreign Bodies (Cynthia Ozick)
Foreign Bodies
18
Cynthia Ozick
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
19
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
20
Thomas Mann
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