The Europeans vs The Sound and the Fury: Which Should You Read?
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The Europeans
The Europeans concerns an expatriate American, Eugenia, and her artist brother, Felix Young. Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince, but she is to be repudiated in favor of a state marriage; thus she leaves…
1 film adaptation
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The Sound and the Fury
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Sound and the Fury highest: The Sound and the Fury 3.9 · The Europeans 3.6.
- The Europeans is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Sound and the Fury.
- The Sound and the Fury has the widest readership — 201000 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Europeans | The Sound and the Fury | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (5606) | 3.9 (201000) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (5) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (33) | 4.0 (40) |
Reception
| The Europeans | The Sound and the Fury | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5606 | 201000 |
| Editions | 142 | 94 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4264 | 298492 |
| Reading it now | 277 | 10751 |
| Written reviews | 568 | 12068 |
| Wikipedia attention | 811 | 25213 |
| Pages | 196 | 335 |