Faust vs Wilhelm Tell: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: German drama, Continental european drama, Drama, Fiction
Faust
A complete annotated translation of Goethe's "Faust," plus extensive interpretive notes, "Faust" illustrations and other visual sources used by Goethe, several pieces of Goethe's correspondence and commentary, eleven…
1 film adaptation
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Wilhelm Tell
“A high rocky shore of the Lake of Lucerne opposite Schwytz.”
"When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a 'New Year's Gift for 1805' he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play that drew substance from one of the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Faust highest: Faust 3.9 · Wilhelm Tell 3.2.
- Wilhelm Tell is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Faust.
- Faust has the widest readership — 53132 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Faust | Wilhelm Tell | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (53132) | 3.2 (9501) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 2.7 (17) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (131) | — |
Reception
| Faust | Wilhelm Tell | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 53132 | 9501 |
| Editions | 633 | 136 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 85207 | 4256 |
| Reading it now | 4751 | — |
| Written reviews | 3063 | 291 |
| Wikipedia attention | 49623 | 24587 |
| Pages | 316 | 140 |