Arcadia vs Candida: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama
Arcadia
Arcadia moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into…
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Candida
The Reverend James Mavor Morell, a respectable socialist clergyman, spends his days giving lectures and sermons while his wife, Candida, sees to his comfortable London home. That home is disrupted by the arrival of the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Arcadia has the widest readership — 26920 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Arcadia | Candida | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (26920) | 3.7 (3318) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (49) | 2.7 (3) |
Reception
| Arcadia | Candida | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26920 | 3318 |
| Editions | 13 | 152 |
| Citations | 42 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2710 |
| Reading it now | — | 75 |
| Written reviews | — | 173 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2115 | 1843 |
| Pages | 103 | 42 |