Mansfield Park vs Northanger Abbey: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Love stories, Children of the rich, Uncles, Cousins, Romance, Fiction
Mansfield Park
More
Fanny Price is born to a poor family, but is sent to her mother's rich relations to be brought up with her cousins. There she is treated as an inferior by all except her cousin Edmund, whose kindness towards her earns…
Northanger Abbey
More
Northanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among the English gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. But most of all, it is the story of…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Northanger Abbey has the widest readership — 469990 ratings behind its score.
- Mansfield Park reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 105 times.
Scores by source
| Mansfield Park | Northanger Abbey | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (388999) | 3.9 (469990) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (360) | 3.8 (461) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (38) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (290) | 4.0 (1820) |
Reception
| Mansfield Park | Northanger Abbey | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 388999 | 469990 |
| Editions | 1108 | 1013 |
| Citations | 105 | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 306254 | 1371 |
| Reading it now | 15742 | 51 |
| Written reviews | 19607 | 101 |
| Wikipedia attention | 19027 | 15704 |
| Pages | 296 | 264 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Mansfield Park or Northanger Abbey?
Mansfield Park has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Mansfield Park 3.9/5, Northanger Abbey 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Mansfield Park or Northanger Abbey?
Northanger Abbey is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Northanger Abbey (264 pages, ≈ 4 h 53 m); Mansfield Park (296 pages, ≈ 5 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: Mansfield Park or Northanger Abbey?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Mansfield Park: Challenging; Northanger Abbey: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Mansfield Park: 3 film adaptations; Northanger Abbey: 1 film adaptation.