Doctor Thorne vs Framley Parsonage: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Barsetshire, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, Romance
Doctor Thorne
Doctor Thorne (1858) by Anthony Trollope is one of the charming series of loosely connected novels set in Barsetshire. While the good Dr. Thomas Thorne is at the heart of the novel, it is the romantic story of his niece…
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Framley Parsonage
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 4: Framley Parsonage When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Doctor Thorne has the widest readership — 8690 ratings behind its score.
- Doctor Thorne reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 16 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Doctor Thorne | Framley Parsonage | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (8690) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (9) | 4.0 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (122) | 4.5 (50) |
Reception
| Doctor Thorne | Framley Parsonage | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8690 | 50 |
| Editions | 90 | 317 |
| Citations | 16 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 9762 | — |
| Reading it now | 831 | — |
| Written reviews | 1055 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1283 | 820 |
| Pages | 520 | 540 |