Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique vs The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale): Which Should You Read?
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Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique
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En este ensayo Henri Bergson analiza las diversas cosas que provocan la risa con el fin de determinar los elementos humorísticos que nos hacen reí. Bergson describe la risa como un ser vivo que tiene un objetivo en gran…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 20 for The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale).
- Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique has the widest readership — 2446 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique | The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2446) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.2 (32) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (5) |
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Reception
| Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique | The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) | |
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| Ratings | 2446 | 32 |
| Editions | 139 | 61 |
| Pages | 149 | 1101 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique or The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?
Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique 3.7/5, The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique or The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?
Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique (149 pages, ≈ 2 h 46 m); The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) (1101 pages, ≈ 20 h 23 m).
Which is harder to read: Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique or The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Le rire; essai sur la signification du comique: Challenging; The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale): Challenging.