Cross My Heart vs Mansfield Park: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children of the rich, Uncles, Romance, Fiction
Cross My Heart
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Lacey Kincaid is a classic New York success story. As the owner of Odd Jobs, she's gone from rags to riches…sort of. Because Lacey's harboring a secret: she was born Lillian Dumont, and spent her childhood with a silver…
Mansfield Park
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Fanny Price is born to a poor family, but is sent to her mother's rich relations to be brought up with her cousins. There she is treated as an inferior by all except her cousin Edmund, whose kindness towards her earns…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Mansfield Park has the widest readership — 388999 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Cross My Heart | Mansfield Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (77) | 3.9 (388999) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.6 (360) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (290) |
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Reception
| Cross My Heart | Mansfield Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 77 | 388999 |
| Editions | 22 | 1108 |
| Citations | — | 105 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 85 | 306254 |
| Reading it now | — | 15742 |
| Written reviews | 17 | 19607 |
| Wikipedia attention | 102 | 19027 |
| Pages | 384 | 296 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Cross My Heart or Mansfield Park?
Mansfield Park has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Mansfield Park 3.9/5, Cross My Heart 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Cross My Heart or Mansfield Park?
Mansfield Park is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Mansfield Park (296 pages, ≈ 5 h 29 m); Cross My Heart (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: Cross My Heart or Mansfield Park?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Cross My Heart: Light; Mansfield Park: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
Cross My Heart: no film adaptation on record; Mansfield Park: 3 film adaptations.