Fahrenheit 451 vs Мастер и Маргарита: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Political Fiction, Satire, Fiction
Fahrenheit 451
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are…
1 film adaptation
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Мастер и Маргарита
“At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch's Ponds.”
The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. The story concerns a visit by the devil and his entourage to the officially…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Мастер и Маргарита highest: Мастер и Маргарита 4.3 · Fahrenheit 451 4.0.
- Fahrenheit 451 is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 10 for Мастер и Маргарита.
- Fahrenheit 451 has the widest readership — 2974389 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Fahrenheit 451 | Мастер и Маргарита | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (2974389) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (4809) | — |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1796) | 5.0 (28) |
Reception
| Fahrenheit 451 | Мастер и Маргарита | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2974389 | 98 |
| Editions | 262 | 235 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1941444 | — |
| Reading it now | 57539 | — |
| Written reviews | 105127 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 94815 | 42808 |
| Pages | 185 | 560 |