The Good Soldier vs The Man of Property: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Middle class, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction
The Good Soldier
This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy - or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a…
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The Man of Property
The first book of the Forsyte Saga, initially published in 1906 (the second was not published until 1921). Here the reader is introduced to the large Forsyte clan, with special attention paid to the rapacious Soames…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Man of Property highest: The Man of Property 4.0 · The Good Soldier 3.7.
- The Good Soldier is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Man of Property.
- The Good Soldier has the widest readership — 2553 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Good Soldier | The Man of Property | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2553) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (45) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (86) | 4.5 (5) |
Reception
| The Good Soldier | The Man of Property | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2553 | 5 |
| Editions | 355 | 185 |
| Citations | 33 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 53121 | — |
| Written reviews | 2553 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3082 | 18652 |
| Pages | 162 | 350 |