Discipline and Punish vs Portrait of a genius: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Discipline and Punish
“On 2 March 1757 Damiens the regicide condemmed 'to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris', where he was to be 'taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds'; then, 'in the said cart, to the place de Greve, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms,”
English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"
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Portrait of a genius
American ed. (New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce) has title: D. H. Lawrence, portrait of a genius, but ... Includes bibliographical references: (p. 355-356).
The verdict
- Portrait of a genius is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Discipline and Punish.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Discipline and Punish | Portrait of a genius | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.2 (62) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (24) | — |
Reception
| Discipline and Punish | Portrait of a genius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 62 | — |
| Editions | 30 | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6210 | — |
| Pages | 333 | 43 |