A Passage to India vs Gone With the Wind: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Open_syllabus_project, Novela, Drama, History, Fiction
A Passage to India
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial…
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Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Gone With the Wind highest: Gone With the Wind 4.3 · A Passage to India 3.7.
- A Passage to India is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 15 for Gone With the Wind.
- Gone With the Wind has the widest readership — 1269875 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Passage to India | Gone With the Wind | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (87602) | 4.3 (1269875) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (108) | 3.0 (40) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (22) | 5.0 (28) |
Reception
| A Passage to India | Gone With the Wind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 87602 | 1269875 |
| Editions | 220 | 362 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 102235 | 952729 |
| Pages | 325 | 824 |