Back to Methuselah vs Candida: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama
Back to Methuselah
Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of Edesn to AD 31,920. Cf Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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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.
- Candida is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Back to Methuselah.
- Candida has the widest readership — 3318 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Back to Methuselah | Candida | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (327) | 3.7 (3318) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 2.7 (3) |
Reception
| Back to Methuselah | Candida | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 327 | 3318 |
| Editions | 123 | 152 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 914 | 2710 |
| Reading it now | 51 | 75 |
| Written reviews | 38 | 173 |
| Wikipedia attention | 704 | 1843 |
| Pages | 283 | 42 |