Mansfield Park vs The Lovely Bones: Which Should You Read?
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Mansfield Park
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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…
The Lovely Bones
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This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Lovely Bones has the widest readership — 2485963 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mansfield Park | The Lovely Bones | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (388999) | 3.9 (2485963) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (360) | 3.6 (1100) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (13) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (290) | 4.5 (1880) |
Reception
| Mansfield Park | The Lovely Bones | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 388999 | 2485963 |
| Editions | 1108 | 88 |
| Citations | 105 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 306254 | 807125 |
| Reading it now | 15742 | — |
| Written reviews | 19607 | 50918 |
| Wikipedia attention | 19027 | 43439 |
| Pages | 296 | 345 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Mansfield Park or The Lovely Bones?
The Lovely Bones has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Lovely Bones 3.9/5, Mansfield Park 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Mansfield Park or The Lovely Bones?
Mansfield Park is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Mansfield Park (296 pages, ≈ 5 h 29 m); The Lovely Bones (345 pages, ≈ 6 h 23 m).
Which is harder to read: Mansfield Park or The Lovely Bones?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Mansfield Park: Challenging; The Lovely Bones: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Mansfield Park: 3 film adaptations; The Lovely Bones: 4 film adaptations.