The Portrait of a Lady vs Waiting: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Triangles, Married people, Manners and customs, Romance & Relationships, Social life and customs, Romance
The Portrait of a Lady
Young American Isabel Archer charms European society, but falls prey to the machinations of a calculating older woman.
1 film adaptation
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Waiting
For more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. But back in the traditional world of his home village lives the wife his family…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Portrait of a Lady highest: The Portrait of a Lady 3.8 · Waiting 3.5.
- Waiting is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The Portrait of a Lady.
- The Portrait of a Lady has the widest readership — 86678 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Portrait of a Lady | Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (86678) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (75) | 3.5 (29) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (12) | 3.5 (120) |
Reception
| The Portrait of a Lady | Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 86678 | 120 |
| Editions | 432 | 23 |
| Citations | 34 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 136198 | — |
| Reading it now | 5833 | — |
| Written reviews | 4724 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 13411 | 781 |
| Pages | 634 | 308 |