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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
William Shakespeare
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A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
William Shakespeare
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The Last Weekend (Blake Morrison)
The Last Weekend
Blake Morrison
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Amphitryon (Plautus)
Amphitryon
Plautus
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The Infinities (John Banville)
The Infinities
John Banville
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Heliopolis (James Scudamore)
Heliopolis
James Scudamore
9
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
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Gemma Bovery (Posy Simmonds)
Gemma Bovery
Posy Simmonds
11
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
E.M. Forster
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On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
14
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
15
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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Last Orders (Graham Swift)
Last Orders
Graham Swift
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
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Foreign Bodies (Cynthia Ozick)
Foreign Bodies
Cynthia Ozick
19
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
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