Girl with a Pearl Earring vs Mary Reilly: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women domestics, Women household employees, Fiction
Girl with a Pearl Earring
This book "centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. The appointment of the quiet, perceptive heroine of the novel, the servant Griet, gradually throws the household into turmoil as Vermeer and…
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Mary Reilly
This retelling of the enigmatic Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde tale deserves praise for suspense, character creation, and historical verisimilitude. Mary Reilly, a loyal, trusted servant in the household of Dr. Jekyll records in…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Girl with a Pearl Earring highest: Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.9 · Mary Reilly 3.7.
- Girl with a Pearl Earring has the widest readership — 794974 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Mary Reilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (794974) | 3.7 (2977) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (240) | 2.7 (6) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (11) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (649) | 4.0 (10) |
Reception
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Mary Reilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 794974 | 2977 |
| Editions | 47 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 448483 | — |
| Reading it now | 4863 | — |
| Written reviews | 14753 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9906 | 441 |
| Pages | 252 | 251 |