Bel-Ami vs Histoire d'un casse-noisette: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Translations from French, French fiction
Bel-Ami
.I Quand la caissiere lui eut rendu la monnaie de sa piece de cent sous, Georges Duroy sortit du restaurant. Comme il portait beau, par nature et par pose d'ancien sous-officier, il cambra sa taille, frisa sa moustache…
1 film adaptation
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Histoire d'un casse-noisette
A little girl's devotion to her Christmas nutcracker is instrumental in breaking a spell imposed upon the nutcracker-prince by his enemies, the mice.
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Histoire d'un casse-noisette is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Bel-Ami.
- Bel-Ami has the widest readership — 51381 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bel-Ami | Histoire d'un casse-noisette | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (51381) | 3.7 (3853) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| Bel-Ami | Histoire d'un casse-noisette | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51381 | 3853 |
| Editions | 138 | 42 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 42238 | 5067 |
| Reading it now | 2143 | 222 |
| Written reviews | 2924 | 567 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2974 | 5121 |
| Pages | 417 | 185 |