Ourika vs Pembroke: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: 19th Century Fiction, Literature - Classics, Classics, Fiction
Ourika
Based on a true story, Ourika relates the experiences of a Senegalese girl who is rescued from slavery and raised by an aristocratic French family during the French Revolution. Brought up in a household of learning and…
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Pembroke
"Pembroke begins with a heated political argument between Barney Thayer and Cephas Barnard, the father of Barney's betrothed, Charlotte Barnard. The angry Cephas throws his prospective son-in-law out of the house and,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Pembroke highest: Pembroke 3.9 · Ourika 3.6.
- Ourika is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Pembroke.
- Ourika has the widest readership — 1856 ratings behind its score.
- Pembroke runs the darker storyline; Ourika stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ourika | Pembroke | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1856) | 3.9 (59) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
Reception
| Ourika | Pembroke | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1856 | 59 |
| Editions | 17 | 31 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 953 | 94 |
| Reading it now | 59 | 5 |
| Written reviews | 196 | 7 |
| Wikipedia attention | 294 | 88 |
| Pages | 69 | 330 |