Brideshead Revisited vs Greenmantle: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Brideshead Revisited
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the…
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Greenmantle
In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Brideshead Revisited highest: Brideshead Revisited 4.0 · Greenmantle 3.7.
- Brideshead Revisited has the widest readership — 9496 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Brideshead Revisited | Greenmantle | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9496) | 3.7 (5352) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (152) | 3.4 (14) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | 4.0 (66) |
Reception
| Brideshead Revisited | Greenmantle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9496 | 5352 |
| Editions | 88 | 521 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179465 | 3882 |
| Reading it now | — | 374 |
| Written reviews | 9496 | 548 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5528 | 1827 |
| Pages | 327 | 243 |