Mademoiselle Fifi vs Nouvelles orientales: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: French Short stories, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir, Fiction
Mademoiselle Fifi
The title story of this collection is, like many of the others, set during the Franco-Prussian war. As in so many of Maupassant’s stories he explores class barriers and looks at the contrasts between the French and…
1 film adaptation
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Nouvelles orientales
"Avec ces Nouvelles, écrites au cours des dix années qui ont précédé la guerre, la tentation de l’Orient est clairement avouée dans le décor, dans le style, dans l’esprit des textes. De la Chine à la Grèce, des Balkans…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Nouvelles orientales has the widest readership — 4616 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Mademoiselle Fifi | Nouvelles orientales | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (981) | 3.9 (4616) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Mademoiselle Fifi | Nouvelles orientales | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 981 | 4616 |
| Editions | 162 | 36 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 595 | — |
| Reading it now | 39 | — |
| Written reviews | 92 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 266 | 132 |
| Pages | 180 | 146 |