A Moveable Feast vs L'affaire Lerouge: Which Should You Read?
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A Moveable Feast
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Spring 1884   Kat Holloway's employer abruptly decides the family will spend Easter dinner at a friend's house in Portman Square, where Kat will substitute for that home's cook, who has fallen ill. Kat strongly…
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L'affaire Lerouge
“ON Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women of the village of Jonchere presented themselves at the bureau of police at Bougival.”
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Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival.
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Moveable Feast highest: A Moveable Feast 4.0 · L'affaire Lerouge 3.8.
- A Moveable Feast has the widest readership — 172596 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| A Moveable Feast | L'affaire Lerouge | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (172596) | 3.8 (635) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (14) | — |
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Reception
| A Moveable Feast | L'affaire Lerouge | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 172596 | 635 |
| Editions | — | 148 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 184264 | 1038 |
| Reading it now | 9301 | — |
| Written reviews | 13748 | 106 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6983 | — |
| Pages | — | 478 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Moveable Feast or L'affaire Lerouge?
A Moveable Feast has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Moveable Feast 4.0/5, L'affaire Lerouge 3.8/5).
Have both books been made into films?
A Moveable Feast: 4 film adaptations; L'affaire Lerouge: no film adaptation on record.