Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car vs Maître du monde: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Inventors, Adventure, Children's fiction, Fiction
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car
“Most motorcars are conglomerations (this is a long word for bundles) of steel and wire and rubber and plastic, and electricity and oil and gasoline and water, and the toffee papers you pushed down the crack in the back seat last Sunday.”
Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
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Maître du monde
This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 20500 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Around the World in Eighty Days• Vingt mille lieues sous…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for Maître du monde.
- Maître du monde has the widest readership — 6 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car | Maître du monde | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car | Maître du monde | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 6 |
| Editions | 83 | 50 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1062 |
| Pages | 30 | 168 |