Brideshead Revisited vs The Razor's Edge: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Upper class, 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 Razor's Edge
This novel, supposedly based on the life of an acquaintance of Maugham, follows the fortunes of an American pilot who, traumatized by war, rejects his former conventional life to search for a more meaningful existence.…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Razor's Edge has the widest readership — 55818 ratings behind its score.
- The Razor's Edge runs the darker storyline; Brideshead Revisited stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Brideshead Revisited | The Razor's Edge | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9496) | 4.2 (55818) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (152) | 4.1 (66) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | 4.5 (205) |
Reception
| Brideshead Revisited | The Razor's Edge | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9496 | 55818 |
| Editions | 88 | 135 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179465 | 91315 |
| Reading it now | — | 2731 |
| Written reviews | 9496 | 5179 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5528 | 6880 |
| Pages | 327 | 350 |