Ethan Frome vs Howards End: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance, Fiction
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton wrote Ethan Frome as a frame story — meaning that the prologue and epilogue constitute a "frame" around the main story How It All Goes Down It's winter. A nameless engineer is in Starkfield, Massachusetts…
1 film adaptation
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Howards End
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Howards End highest: Howards End 4.0 · Ethan Frome 3.5.
- Ethan Frome is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Howards End.
- Ethan Frome has the widest readership — 141779 ratings behind its score.
- Ethan Frome runs the darker storyline; Howards End stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ethan Frome | Howards End | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (141779) | 4.0 (96555) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (178) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (161) | 4.0 (6) |
Reception
| Ethan Frome | Howards End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 141779 | 96555 |
| Editions | 1000 | 498 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 77402 | 86001 |
| Reading it now | 2786 | 3820 |
| Written reviews | 9605 | 5191 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6593 | 14782 |
| Pages | 108 | 318 |