The Good Soldier vs The Painted Veil: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adultery, Married people, British, British and irish fiction, 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 Painted Veil
A story of the beautiful but love-starve Kitty Fane who is forced to accompany her husband to the heart of a cholera epidemic. She is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Painted Veil highest: The Painted Veil 4.0 · The Good Soldier 3.7.
- The Painted Veil has the widest readership — 53437 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Good Soldier | The Painted Veil | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2553) | 4.0 (53437) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (45) | 3.7 (48) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (86) | 4.0 (139) |
Reception
| The Good Soldier | The Painted Veil | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2553 | 53437 |
| Editions | 355 | 30 |
| Citations | 33 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 53121 | — |
| Written reviews | 2553 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3082 | 15679 |
| Pages | 162 | 238 |