A Moveable Feast vs The Talleyrand Maxim: 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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The Talleyrand Maxim
“Linford Pratt, senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy, had once during one of his periodical visit to the town Reference Library, lighted on a maxim of that other unscrupulous person, Prince Talleyrand, which”
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The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Moveable Feast has the widest readership — 172596 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| A Moveable Feast | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (172596) | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (14) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| A Moveable Feast | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 172596 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 184264 | 102 |
| Reading it now | 9301 | 28 |
| Written reviews | 13748 | 30 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6983 | — |
| Pages | — | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Moveable Feast or The Talleyrand Maxim?
A Moveable Feast has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Moveable Feast 4.0/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).
Have both books been made into films?
A Moveable Feast: 4 film adaptations; The Talleyrand Maxim: no film adaptation on record.