La chartreuse de Parme vs Notre Dame de Paris: Which Should You Read?
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La chartreuse de Parme
Headstrong and naive, the young Italian aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo is determined to defy the wrath of his right-wing father and go to war to fight for Napoleon. He stumbles on the Battle of Waterloo, ill-prepared,…
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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 · La chartreuse de Parme 3.8.
- Notre Dame de Paris has the widest readership — 224399 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| La chartreuse de Parme | Notre Dame de Paris | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (20659) | 4.0 (224399) |
Reception
| La chartreuse de Parme | Notre Dame de Paris | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20659 | 224399 |
| Editions | 554 | 265 |
| Citations | 31 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 30310 | 272359 |
| Reading it now | 1616 | — |
| Written reviews | 1193 | 10083 |
| Wikipedia attention | 67 | 53026 |
| Pages | 478 | 409 |