La Nuit vs La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cabala, Biography & Memoir, History, Fiction
La Nuit
“They called him Moche the Beadle, as though he had never had a surname in his life.”
Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent…
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La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
“Written between 1955 and 1960, these three narratives were created separately.”
The verdict
- Readers rate La Nuit highest: La Nuit 4.4 · La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour 3.9.
- La Nuit is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour.
- La Nuit has the widest readership — 1399761 ratings behind its score.
- La Nuit runs the darker storyline; La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
La Nuit
≈ 3h vs 5h for La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
New to the genre?
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
Moderate vs Demanding for La Nuit
In the mood for something dark?
La Nuit
a darker storyline than La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
Want something lighter?
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
an easier tone than La Nuit
Scores by source
| La Nuit | La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (1399761) | — |
Reception
| La Nuit | La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1399761 | 3 |
| Editions | 59 | 14 |
| Want to read | 606645 | — |
| Reading it now | 13734 | — |
| Written reviews | 44188 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 40 | — |
| Pages | 177 | 318 |