One Child Alive vs The progress of Julius: Which Should You Read?
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One Child Alive
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One, two, three. She counts the bodies dragged from the burning beach house, smoke rising from their cotton pajamas, and remembers a fourth; red hair, freckles, clinging to his mother’s legs, begging to watch the…
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The progress of Julius
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A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted…
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The verdict
- Readers rate One Child Alive highest: One Child Alive 4.4 · The progress of Julius 3.9.
- One Child Alive has the widest readership — 174 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| One Child Alive | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (174) | — |
Reception
| One Child Alive | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 174 | 2 |
| Editions | 1 | 21 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Pages | — | 308 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: One Child Alive or The progress of Julius?
One Child Alive has the higher combined reader rating across sources (One Child Alive 4.4/5, The progress of Julius 3.9/5).
Which is harder to read: One Child Alive or The progress of Julius?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — One Child Alive: Moderate; The progress of Julius: Challenging.