Harris's list of Covent-garden ladies: or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 vs The Duchess: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Prostitution, History
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The Duchess
Thrown out of her ancestral home by her brutal half-brothers after the death of their father, Angélique Latham makes her way to Paris, where she takes in abused streetwalkers and transforms them into upper-crust…
The verdict
- Harris's list of Covent-garden ladies: or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The Duchess.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Harris's list of Covent-garden ladies: or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 | The Duchess | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (521) |
Reception
| Harris's list of Covent-garden ladies: or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 | The Duchess | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 521 |
| Editions | 22 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 391 |
| Pages | 100 | 336 |