Girl with a Pearl Earring vs Le journal d'une femme de chambre: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Women household employees, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.9 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Le journal d'une femme de chambre

Le journal d'une femme de chambre Luis Buñuel · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.6 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Girl with a Pearl Earring higher: 3.9 vs 3.6 from 794974 votes.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is the easier read (Moderate), Le journal d'une femme de chambre more demanding (Challenging).

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