What are your favorite books that have BOTH a gripping narrative AND beautiful prose?

I'm a sucker for beautiful prose. But I've found that some authors write glittery gold while the narrative behind it is lacking, uninteresting, or tangential to the author stroking their ability to write beautifully (Examples: James Joyce's The Dead, basically everything written by Virginia Woolf, and Lolita). What are your favorite novels that are able [...]