L'immoraliste vs Notre Dame de Paris: Which Should You Read?
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L'immoraliste
The Immoralist (French: L'Immoraliste) is a novel by André Gide, published in France in 1902. The Immoralist is a recollection of events that Michel narrates to his three visiting friends. One of those friends solicits…
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Notre Dame de Paris
In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda…
The verdict
- Readers rate Notre Dame de Paris highest: Notre Dame de Paris 4.0 · L'immoraliste 3.5.
- L'immoraliste is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Notre Dame de Paris.
- Notre Dame de Paris has the widest readership — 224399 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| L'immoraliste | Notre Dame de Paris | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (14119) | 4.0 (224399) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (4) | — |
Reception
| L'immoraliste | Notre Dame de Paris | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14119 | 224399 |
| Editions | 117 | 265 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 272359 |
| Written reviews | — | 10083 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 53026 |
| Pages | 181 | 409 |