Brideshead Revisited vs The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Brideshead Revisited
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the…
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark’s timeless classic about a controversial teacher who deeply marks the lives of a select group of students in the years leading up to World War II "Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Brideshead Revisited highest: Brideshead Revisited 4.0 · The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.7.
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Brideshead Revisited.
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has the widest readership — 63571 ratings behind its score.
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie runs the darker storyline; Brideshead Revisited stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
≈ 3h vs 6h for Brideshead Revisited
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
63571 ratings vs 9496 for Brideshead Revisited
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Brideshead Revisited
4.0 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Moderate vs Challenging for Brideshead Revisited
In the mood for something dark?
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
a darker storyline than Brideshead Revisited
Scores by source
| Brideshead Revisited | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9496) | 3.7 (63571) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (152) | 3.5 (88) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | 3.0 (245) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | 3.5 (42) |
Reception
| Brideshead Revisited | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9496 | 63571 |
| Editions | 88 | 59 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179465 | 59545 |
| Reading it now | — | 1978 |
| Written reviews | 9496 | 5380 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5528 | 4929 |
| Pages | 327 | 179 |