Men Without Women vs Shooting an Elephant and other essays: Which Should You Read?
Men Without Women
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A collection of short stories, including three or four regarded as among his best. The subjects are varied, with In Another Country about a member of the Ambulance Corps in Italy during WW1, The Killers a taut crime…
Shooting an Elephant and other essays
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'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Shooting an Elephant and other essays highest: Shooting an Elephant and other essays 4.0 · Men Without Women 3.6.
- Men Without Women has the widest readership — 16663 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Men Without Women | Shooting an Elephant and other essays | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (16663) | 4.0 (12697) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (25) | 4.2 (19) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | — |
Reception
| Men Without Women | Shooting an Elephant and other essays | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16663 | 12697 |
| Editions | 85 | 10 |
| Citations | 32 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 24846 | 16529 |
| Reading it now | 1511 | 358 |
| Written reviews | 1453 | 843 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3200 | — |
| Pages | 159 | 206 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Men Without Women or Shooting an Elephant and other essays?
Shooting an Elephant and other essays has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Shooting an Elephant and other essays 4.0/5, Men Without Women 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Men Without Women or Shooting an Elephant and other essays?
Men Without Women is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Men Without Women (159 pages, ≈ 2 h 57 m); Shooting an Elephant and other essays (206 pages, ≈ 3 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: Men Without Women or Shooting an Elephant and other essays?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Men Without Women: Challenging; Shooting an Elephant and other essays: Moderate.