The Porpoise vs Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sea Stories, Adaptations, Fiction
The Porpoise
" 'I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour. A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a…
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Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
5 film adaptations
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Vingt mille lieues sous les mers has the widest readership — 283880 ratings behind its score.
- Vingt mille lieues sous les mers has the bigger screen life — 5 adaptations on record.
Scores by source
| The Porpoise | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (283880) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (11) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (39) | — |
Reception
| The Porpoise | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 39 | 283880 |
| Editions | 14 | 384 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 5 |
| Want to read | — | 508 |
| Reading it now | — | 37 |
| Written reviews | — | 44 |
| Wikipedia attention | 370 | 27916 |
| Pages | 336 | 338 |