L'Homme révolté vs Le neveu de Rameau: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: French literature, Philosophy
L'Homme révolté
The Rebel (French: L'Homme révolté) is a 1951 book-length essay by Albert Camus, which treats both the metaphysical and the historical development of rebellion and revolution in societies, especially Western…
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Le neveu de Rameau
In a famous Parisian chess café, a down-and-out, HIM, accosts a former acquaintance, ME, who has made good, more or less. They talk about chess, about genius, about good and evil, about music, they gossip about the…
The verdict
- Readers rate L'Homme révolté highest: L'Homme révolté 3.9 · Le neveu de Rameau 3.5.
- Le neveu de Rameau is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for L'Homme révolté.
- Le neveu de Rameau has the widest readership — 1984 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| L'Homme révolté | Le neveu de Rameau | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (1984) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| L'Homme révolté | Le neveu de Rameau | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 1984 |
| Editions | 82 | 50 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1968 |
| Reading it now | — | 78 |
| Written reviews | — | 174 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4573 | 798 |
| Pages | 306 | 159 |