Goodbye Mister Chips vs Missing the Piano: Which Should You Read?
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Goodbye Mister Chips
“WHEN you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape.”
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Mr Chipping is a quiet, unassuming teacher, who never veers from his established routines. Then he meets Katherine, who charms him and his students and teaches Mr Chipping that education is about more than just the…
Missing the Piano
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When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.
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The verdict
- Readers rate Goodbye Mister Chips highest: Goodbye Mister Chips 4.0 · Missing the Piano 3.6.
- Goodbye Mister Chips has the widest readership — 15677 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Goodbye Mister Chips | Missing the Piano | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (15677) | 3.4 (57) |
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Reception
| Goodbye Mister Chips | Missing the Piano | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15677 | 57 |
| Editions | 110 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 4 | — |
| Want to read | 8548 | — |
| Written reviews | 1772 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4727 | — |
| Pages | 114 | 208 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Goodbye Mister Chips or Missing the Piano?
Goodbye Mister Chips has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Goodbye Mister Chips 4.0/5, Missing the Piano 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Goodbye Mister Chips or Missing the Piano?
Goodbye Mister Chips is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Goodbye Mister Chips (114 pages, ≈ 2 h 07 m); Missing the Piano (208 pages, ≈ 3 h 51 m).
Which is harder to read: Goodbye Mister Chips or Missing the Piano?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Goodbye Mister Chips: Moderate; Missing the Piano: Light.
Have both books been made into films?
Goodbye Mister Chips: 3 film adaptations; Missing the Piano: no film adaptation on record.