Book rec
I'm recommending this novel because I'm afraid that it is unknown or underappreciated among nowadays readers:
La Regenta (The Regent's Wife), by Leopoldo Alas (a.k.a. Clarín)
If you like 19th Century scenarios, ironic authors, dark gray characters, lots of details and a fine sense of humour, you'll love this book. Even if the main plot will remind you of Madame Bovary, I could not find a male character in Flaubert's novel as fascinating as Fermín de Pas. Being totally silly and improper in order to summarize it, he is a mix between the Slytherin Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series and Claude Frollo from Notre-Dame de Paris.
Give it an opportunity.
La Regenta (The Regent's Wife), by Leopoldo Alas (a.k.a. Clarín)
If you like 19th Century scenarios, ironic authors, dark gray characters, lots of details and a fine sense of humour, you'll love this book. Even if the main plot will remind you of Madame Bovary, I could not find a male character in Flaubert's novel as fascinating as Fermín de Pas. Being totally silly and improper in order to summarize it, he is a mix between the Slytherin Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series and Claude Frollo from Notre-Dame de Paris.
Give it an opportunity.