Man and Wife vs The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Married women, Married people, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs
Man and Wife
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On a summer's morning, between thirty and forty years ago, two girls were crying bitterly in the cabin of an East Indian passenger ship, bound outward, from Gravesend to Bombay.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827.”
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Librarian note: Alternate cover editions for this ISBN are: "Woman in white dress" (with the title on white and black background), "Woman at the easel" on a black and blue background, and "Furniture, easel and…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has the widest readership — 137629 ratings behind its score.
- Man and Wife reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 22 times.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Man and Wife | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (1508) | 4.0 (137629) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (12) | 4.0 (156) |
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Reception
| Man and Wife | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1508 | 137629 |
| Editions | 114 | 558 |
| Citations | 22 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2178 | 207242 |
| Reading it now | 73 | — |
| Written reviews | 171 | 10924 |
| Wikipedia attention | 331 | 12345 |
| Pages | 423 | 332 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Man and Wife or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.0/5, Man and Wife 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Man and Wife or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (332 pages, ≈ 6 h 09 m); Man and Wife (423 pages, ≈ 7 h 50 m).
Which is harder to read: Man and Wife or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Man and Wife: Challenging; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
Man and Wife: no film adaptation on record; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: 2 film adaptations.