Adventures in Contentment vs The egg and I: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Farm life, American Authors, Country life, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir
Adventures in Contentment
“I CAME here eight years ago as the renter of this farm, of which soon afterward I became the owner.”
This, I am firmly convinced, is a strange world, as strange a one as I
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The egg and I
“ALONG with teaching us that lamb must be cooled with garlic and that a lady never scratches her head or spits, my mother taught my sisters and me that it is a wife's bounden duty to see that her husband is happy in his work.”
When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Adventures in Contentment is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The egg and I.
- The egg and I has the widest readership — 10453 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Adventures in Contentment | The egg and I | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (138) | 3.9 (10453) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.2 (9) |
Reception
| Adventures in Contentment | The egg and I | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 138 | 10453 |
| Editions | 55 | 45 |
| Citations | — | 14 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 209 | 6566 |
| Reading it now | 24 | 780 |
| Written reviews | 26 | 1184 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1446 |
| Pages | 138 | 277 |