María

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

Jane Eyre grows up with nothing and takes a job as a governess in a house full of secrets. At over 800 pages it is a long read, but the plot keeps moving.

Charlotte 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