Sonnets vs The Merchant of Venice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Problems, Bibliography, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Fiction
Sonnets
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear…
vs
The Merchant of Venice
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Sonnets highest: Sonnets 4.2 · The Merchant of Venice 3.8.
- The Merchant of Venice has the widest readership — 206966 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Sonnets | The Merchant of Venice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (114417) | 3.8 (206966) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.7 (252) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (10) | 4.0 (106) |
Reception
| Sonnets | The Merchant of Venice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 114417 | 206966 |
| Editions | 646 | 818 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 161706 | 8 |
| Reading it now | 5672 | — |
| Written reviews | 2377 | 5 |
| Wikipedia attention | 14128 | 28995 |
| Pages | 174 | 105 |