The three best--and the three worst--mothers in literature

BBC.com Culture tagged three of the best--and three of the worst--mothers in literature. One of the bad ones:Emma Bovary, Madame Bovary

At the opposite end of the parenting spectrum, several characters drew your ire for ignoring their offspring. Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Undine Spragg from Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country each received a mention for favouring adultery over nurture.