Autobiography vs Moll Flanders: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: History
Autobiography
Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He still stands as the leading figure of that revolution in scientific thought which followed the…
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Moll Flanders
These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Autobiography highest: Autobiography 3.9 · Moll Flanders 3.5.
- Moll Flanders has the widest readership — 49318 ratings behind its score.
- Moll Flanders runs the darker storyline; Autobiography stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Autobiography | Moll Flanders | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (49318) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (3) | 3.3 (44) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (89) | 3.5 (15) |
| LiveLib | — | 3.8 (604) |
Reception
| Autobiography | Moll Flanders | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 89 | 49318 |
| Editions | 6 | 1114 |
| Citations | — | 39 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 37010 |
| Reading it now | — | 1987 |
| Written reviews | — | 2489 |
| Wikipedia attention | 8383 | 5851 |
| Pages | 253 | 322 |