Fiction vs My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gentleman's Agreements, Nonlinear Narrative, Tradition, Allegory, Recluses, Change
Fiction
Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Masque of the Red Death / Edgar Allan Poe -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The storm / Kate Chopin -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Roman fever / Edith…
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My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead
A collection of love story excerpts from classic literary works, culled by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex, includes selections by such writers as Alice Munro, William Faulkner, and Milan Kundera, in a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Fiction is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead.
- Fiction has the widest readership — 7 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Fiction | My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (7) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.7 (6) |
Reception
| Fiction | My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 6 |
| Editions | 10 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7 | — |
| Reading it now | 2 | — |
| Written reviews | 3 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 10775 | — |
| Pages | 356 | 587 |