Les belles images vs Maigret et le clochard: Which Should You Read?
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Les belles images
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"Non ; elle a crié tout haut. Pas Catherine. Je ne permettrai pas qu'on lui fasse ce qu'on m'a fait. Qu'a-t-on fait de moi ? Cette femme qui n'aime personne, insensible aux beautés du monde, incapable même de pleurer,…
Maigret et le clochard
“For a moment, somewhere between the Quai des Orfevres and the Pont Marie, Maigret halted, so briefly that Lapointe, who was walking beside him, did not notice.”
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A vagrant living under a bridge is assaulted at night, knocked hard enough to fracture his skull, and thrown into the River Seine. Two bargemen from barges moored nearby fish him out of the cold water before he drowns…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Les belles images has the widest readership — 4052 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Les belles images | Maigret et le clochard | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (4052) | 3.7 (1421) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (4) | 3.5 (2) |
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Reception
| Les belles images | Maigret et le clochard | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4052 | 1421 |
| Editions | 41 | 34 |
| Citations | 14 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4405 | 6 |
| Reading it now | 190 | — |
| Written reviews | 347 | 3 |
| Wikipedia attention | 251 | — |
| Pages | 174 | 160 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Les belles images or Maigret et le clochard?
Les belles images has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Les belles images 3.8/5, Maigret et le clochard 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Les belles images or Maigret et le clochard?
Maigret et le clochard is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Maigret et le clochard (160 pages, ≈ 2 h 58 m); Les belles images (174 pages, ≈ 3 h 13 m).
Which is harder to read: Les belles images or Maigret et le clochard?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Les belles images: Moderate; Maigret et le clochard: Moderate.