Corinne vs Travels through France and Italy: Which Should You Read?
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Corinne
"Corinne, or Italy (1807). A romantic novel by Mme de Staël. Oswald Nevil, and English lord, recuperating in Rome, meets the famous poetess Corinne, who, half-English and half-Italian, has exiled herself from her…
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Travels through France and Italy
Smollett describes in great detail the natural phenomena, history, social life, economics, diet and morals of the places he visited. Smollett had a lively and pertinacious curiosity, and, as his novels prove, a very…
The verdict
- Readers rate Travels through France and Italy highest: Travels through France and Italy 3.7 · Corinne 3.5.
- Corinne has the widest readership — 2769 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Corinne | Travels through France and Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (2769) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Corinne | Travels through France and Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2769 | 2 |
| Editions | 155 | 41 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2675 | — |
| Written reviews | 100 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1252 | 151 |
| Pages | 395 | 316 |