Rich Girl vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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Rich Girl
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Event planner Valerie Peng never planned on spending her summer sipping champagne at a lakefront estate, dodging suspicious socialites, or pretending to be anyone's long-lost daughter. But when a very public, deeply…
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The Talleyrand Maxim
“Linford Pratt, senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy, had once during one of his periodical visit to the town Reference Library, lighted on a maxim of that other unscrupulous person, Prince Talleyrand, which”
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The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Rich Girl highest: Rich Girl 4.2 · The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9.
- The Talleyrand Maxim has the widest readership — 180 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Rich Girl | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 2.7 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (53) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| Rich Girl | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 53 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 102 |
| Reading it now | — | 28 |
| Written reviews | — | 30 |
| Wikipedia attention | 62 | — |
| Pages | — | 195 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Rich Girl or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Rich Girl has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Rich Girl 4.2/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).