Asylums vs Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mentally Ill Persons, Mentally ill
Asylums
“Every institution captures something of the time and interest of its members and provides something of a world for them; in brief, every institution has encompassing tendencies.”
A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed,…
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Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum
I have been urged ever since I left the Asylum, by friends, to write my history of those two unfortunate years, and give it to the public. This I did purpose to do while I was in the asylum, as soon as I left it, while…
The verdict
- Readers rate Asylums highest: Asylums 4.1 · Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum 3.4.
- Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Asylums.
- Asylums has the widest readership — 1647 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Asylums | Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (1647) | 3.1 (39) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Asylums | Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1647 | 39 |
| Editions | 26 | 8 |
| Citations | 277 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7300 | 23 |
| Reading it now | 260 | 4 |
| Written reviews | 85 | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1070 | — |
| Pages | 386 | 85 |