King Lear vs Love's Labour's Lost: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, Drama
King Lear
Lear decides to abdicate and split his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Cordelia refuses to flatter her father like her sisters and is banished. Goneril and Regan betray Lear who goes…
1 film adaptation
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Love's Labour's Lost
King Ferdinand and his three friends, Biron, Longaville, and Dumain, plan to study philosophy for the next three years. During their academic pursuits, they must vow to sleep only three hours a night and not let any…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate King Lear highest: King Lear 3.9 · Love's Labour's Lost 3.5.
- King Lear has the widest readership — 243107 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| King Lear | Love's Labour's Lost | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (243107) | 3.5 (16522) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (340) | 3.5 (20) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (46) | 4.0 (13) |
Reception
| King Lear | Love's Labour's Lost | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 243107 | 16522 |
| Editions | 113 | 526 |
| Citations | 10 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 119609 | 11224 |
| Reading it now | — | 500 |
| Written reviews | 9325 | 1321 |
| Wikipedia attention | 36748 | 11622 |
| Pages | 188 | — |