Brideshead Revisited vs Keynes: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh · 1945 ★★★★☆ 4.0 327 pages · ≈ 6 h 03 m · Challenging

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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Cover of Keynes Keynes Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.8 222 pages · ≈ 4 h 07 m · Moderate

The ideas of John Maynard Keynes have never been more timely. No one has bettered Keynes's description of the psychology of investors during a financial crisis: ‘The practice of calmness and immobility, of certainty and…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Brideshead RevisitedKeynes
Goodreads 4.0 (9496) —
Hardcover 3.8 (152) —
Google Books 5.0 (2) —
Apple Books 4.0 (173) —

Reception

Brideshead RevisitedKeynes
Ratings 9496 1
Editions 88 20
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 179465 —
Written reviews 9496 —
Wikipedia attention 5528 39482
Pages 327 222

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