Life with father vs Metropolitan Life: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American wit and humor, New york, Social life and customs, Fiction
Life with father
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Life with Father is a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day, Jr., which was adapted by Lindsay and Crouse in 1939 into the longest running non-musical Broadway…
Metropolitan Life
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In the vein of Lebowitz's acclaimed Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City—The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies.In "elegant, finely…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Life with father highest: Life with father 3.9 · Metropolitan Life 3.7.
- Life with father has the widest readership — 3498 ratings behind its score.
- Metropolitan Life runs the darker storyline; Life with father stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Life with father | Metropolitan Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (3498) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.2 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (6) | — |
Reception
| Life with father | Metropolitan Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3498 | 5 |
| Editions | 17 | 13 |
| Citations | 20 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1938 | — |
| Reading it now | 123 | — |
| Written reviews | 164 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 981 | 15253 |
| Pages | 258 | 177 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Life with father or Metropolitan Life?
Life with father has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Life with father 3.9/5, Metropolitan Life 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Life with father or Metropolitan Life?
Metropolitan Life is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Metropolitan Life (177 pages, ≈ 3 h 17 m); Life with father (258 pages, ≈ 4 h 47 m).
Which is harder to read: Life with father or Metropolitan Life?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Life with father: Moderate; Metropolitan Life: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Life with father: 2 film adaptations; Metropolitan Life: no film adaptation on record.