Jane Eyre

Known in English as Pride and Prejudice, this is the story of Elizabeth Bennet and the wealthy Mr. Darcy, who begin by disliking each other. The chapters are short and the Spanish is clear, so it works well as a first full novel.

Jane Austen

This is Wuthering Heights in Spanish, the story of Heathcliff and Catherine on the English moors. Love here turns into revenge, and it stays dark from the first page to the last.

Emily Brontë

Anna leaves her husband for a young officer and pays for it. This edition runs past 1,700 pages, so plan for a slow read.

León Tolstói

Emma Bovary marries a country doctor and spends the rest of the book looking for the life she read about in novels. Flaubert's sentences are famous, and the Spanish version keeps their rhythm.

Gustave Flaubert

Published in English as Sense and Sensibility, this follows two sisters who handle love in opposite ways. Elinor holds back and Marianne does not, and both get hurt.

Jane Austen