The Newcomes vs The silver spoon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Domestic fiction, Family, British and irish fiction, Families, Fiction
The Newcomes
“A CROW, who had flown away with a cheese from a diary window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him.”
The Newcomes is Thackeray's most essentially 'Victorian' novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a…
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The silver spoon
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The verdict
- Readers rate The silver spoon highest: The silver spoon 4.1 · The Newcomes 3.7.
- The silver spoon is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 14 for The Newcomes.
- The silver spoon has the widest readership — 10365 ratings behind its score.
- The Newcomes reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 22 times.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The silver spoon
≈ 5h vs 14h for The Newcomes
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The silver spoon
4.1 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
The silver spoon
Challenging vs Demanding for The Newcomes
Want the literary heavyweight?
The Newcomes
cited 22 times vs 8 for The silver spoon
Scores by source
| The Newcomes | The silver spoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (275) | 4.1 (10365) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (2) |
Reception
| The Newcomes | The silver spoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 275 | 10365 |
| Editions | 76 | 25 |
| Citations | 22 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1026 | — |
| Written reviews | 29 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 382 | — |
| Pages | 801 | 315 |