A Moveable Feast vs The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas: Which Should You Read?
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is a 1964 memoir belles-lettres by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years as a struggling expat journalist and writer in Paris during the 1920s. It was published posthumously.[1] The book…
1 film adaptation
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas ... is not an autobiography by Alice Toklas, Stein's companion from 1907 to her death, but a funny, innovative memoir which pays unusual attention to the 'wives of geniuses' as well…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Moveable Feast highest: A Moveable Feast 3.9 · The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.5.
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas has the widest readership — 13734 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Moveable Feast | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (13734) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (228) | 3.5 (15) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (6) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (484) | 3.5 (15) |
Reception
| A Moveable Feast | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 484 | 13734 |
| Editions | 25 | 83 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 22423 |
| Reading it now | — | 1168 |
| Written reviews | — | 1228 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6983 | 2062 |
| Pages | 207 | 276 |