A Room with a View vs The Bostonians: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Movie novels, Young women, Historical Fiction, Fiction
A Room with a View
Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her, until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Her eyes are opened by the unconventional…
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The Bostonians
First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Room with a View highest: A Room with a View 3.9 · The Bostonians 3.6.
- A Room with a View is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 12 for The Bostonians.
- A Room with a View has the widest readership — 208001 ratings behind its score.
- The Bostonians reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 11 times.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
A Room with a View
≈ 3h vs 12h for The Bostonians
Want the crowd-tested pick?
A Room with a View
208001 ratings vs 8208 for The Bostonians
Just want the better-reviewed one?
A Room with a View
3.9 vs 3.6 from readers
New to the genre?
A Room with a View
Challenging vs Demanding for The Bostonians
Want the literary heavyweight?
The Bostonians
cited 11 times vs 1 for A Room with a View
Scores by source
| A Room with a View | The Bostonians | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (208001) | 3.6 (8208) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (212) | 3.2 (10) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (60) | 3.5 (6) |
Reception
| A Room with a View | The Bostonians | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 208001 | 8208 |
| Editions | 755 | 130 |
| Citations | 1 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 248660 | 14036 |
| Pages | 196 | 696 |