Correspondence vs Lettres portugaises: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Correspondance, Correspondence
Correspondence
The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself in His Letters and Memoirs is both autobiography and artistic manifesto, gathering the composer's recollections and correspondence into a vivid self-portrait of Romantic…
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Lettres portugaises
Note on authorship: These “Lettres portugaises” were originally published as having been written by an unknown author in Portuguese and translated into French, also by an unknown translator. Eventually, they came to be…
The verdict
- Readers rate Correspondence highest: Correspondence 3.8 · Lettres portugaises 3.6.
- Lettres portugaises is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Correspondence.
- Lettres portugaises has the widest readership — 1742 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Correspondence | Lettres portugaises | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (1742) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.5 (2) |
Reception
| Correspondence | Lettres portugaises | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 1742 |
| Editions | 24 | 141 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 1361 |
| Reading it now | — | 31 |
| Written reviews | — | 262 |
| Wikipedia attention | 335 | — |
| Pages | 322 | 79 |