Le Deuxième Sexe vs Memoirs of Fanny Hill: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, Women
Le Deuxième Sexe
“Woman? Very simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female-this word is sufficient to define her.”
The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and…
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Memoirs of Fanny Hill
Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written in debtor's prison in 1784 and was the first modern erotic novel in English. A young woman, Fanny Hill, is forced by poverty to go into service, but is tricked into becoming a…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Le Deuxième Sexe highest: Le Deuxième Sexe 4.2 · Memoirs of Fanny Hill 3.3.
- Memoirs of Fanny Hill is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 13 for Le Deuxième Sexe.
- Le Deuxième Sexe has the widest readership — 49042 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Le Deuxième Sexe | Memoirs of Fanny Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (49042) | 3.3 (13582) |
| Hardcover | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 3.0 (39) |
Reception
| Le Deuxième Sexe | Memoirs of Fanny Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 49042 | 13582 |
| Editions | 90 | 283 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 18009 | 17755 |
| Reading it now | 1988 | — |
| Written reviews | 486 | 1267 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9409 | 18424 |
| Pages | 728 | 221 |