Brideshead Revisited vs The Thirty-Nine Steps: Which Should You Read?
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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 Thirty-Nine Steps
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Brideshead Revisited highest: Brideshead Revisited 4.0 · The Thirty-Nine Steps 3.6.
- The Thirty-Nine Steps is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Brideshead Revisited.
- The Thirty-Nine Steps has the widest readership — 48698 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Brideshead Revisited | The Thirty-Nine Steps | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9496) | 3.6 (48698) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (152) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | 4.0 (492) |
Reception
| Brideshead Revisited | The Thirty-Nine Steps | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9496 | 48698 |
| Editions | 88 | 881 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179465 | 25610 |
| Reading it now | — | 2384 |
| Written reviews | 9496 | 4315 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5528 | 9861 |
| Pages | 327 | 104 |