Brighton Beach memoirs vs Geography and Plays: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American drama, Drama
Brighton Beach memoirs
“Brighton Beach,New York. September 1937. A wooden frame house, not too far from the beach.”
A comedy built around the Jerome family during the Depression and focusing on fifteen-year-old, Eugene, preoccupied with sex and the Yankees.
1 film adaptation
vs
Geography and Plays
The Geography and Plays is a collection of Gertrude Stein’s. This edition makes it possible for students and other devotees of Stein to see the developing strategies of one of the acknowledged giants of literary…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Brighton Beach memoirs is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Geography and Plays.
- Brighton Beach memoirs has the widest readership — 5744 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Brighton Beach memoirs | Geography and Plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (5744) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (9) | — |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
Reception
| Brighton Beach memoirs | Geography and Plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5744 | 1 |
| Editions | 10 | 45 |
| Citations | — | 55 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Pages | 130 | 376 |