Friends Though Divided vs The Red Badge of Courage: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: United States, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Friends Though Divided
“It was a pleasant afternoon in the month of July, 1642, when three young people sat together on a shady bank at the edge of a wood some three miles from Oxford.”
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My dear lads: Although so long a time has elapsed since the great civil war in England, men are still almost as much divided as they were then as to the merits of the quarrel, almost as warm partisans of the one side or…
The Red Badge of Courage
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Henry Fleming, a young soldier in the American Civil War, grapples with fear, courage, and the realities of battle. He joins the Union army with grandiose ideas of heroism, but when he faces the brutal truth of war, he…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Friends Though Divided highest: Friends Though Divided 3.7 · The Red Badge of Courage 3.3.
- The Red Badge of Courage has the widest readership — 111757 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Friends Though Divided | The Red Badge of Courage | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (154) | 3.3 (111757) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.1 (126) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (188) |
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Reception
| Friends Though Divided | The Red Badge of Courage | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 154 | 111757 |
| Editions | 56 | 447 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 156 | 45106 |
| Reading it now | 29 | 3798 |
| Written reviews | 5 | 5104 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 6482 |
| Pages | 332 | — |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Friends Though Divided or The Red Badge of Courage?
Friends Though Divided has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Friends Though Divided 3.7/5, The Red Badge of Courage 3.3/5).
Which is harder to read: Friends Though Divided or The Red Badge of Courage?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Friends Though Divided: Challenging; The Red Badge of Courage: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
Friends Though Divided: no film adaptation on record; The Red Badge of Courage: 3 film adaptations.