Miss or Mrs.? vs The Black Robe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Romance & Relationships, England, Mystery, Fiction
Miss or Mrs.?
“THE night had come to an end.”
The night had come to an end. The new-born day waited for its quickening light in the silence that is never known on land - the silence before sunrise, in a calm at sea.
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The Black Robe
“THE doctors could do no more for the Dowager Lady Berrick.”
The Black Robe is an 1881 partially-epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book, which relates the misadventures of one "Lewis Romayne", is noted for its anti-Catholic lens.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Black Robe highest: The Black Robe 3.7 · Miss or Mrs.? 3.5.
- Miss or Mrs.? is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for The Black Robe.
- The Black Robe has the widest readership — 812 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Miss or Mrs.? | The Black Robe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (340) | 3.7 (812) |
| Hardcover | — | 2.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (28) |
Reception
| Miss or Mrs.? | The Black Robe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 340 | 812 |
| Editions | 56 | 303 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 308 | 851 |
| Reading it now | 21 | — |
| Written reviews | 43 | 97 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 214 |
| Pages | 84 | 318 |