Pembroke vs Братья Карамазовы: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: 19th Century Fiction, Literature - Classics, Literary, Classics, Fiction
Pembroke
"Pembroke begins with a heated political argument between Barney Thayer and Cephas Barnard, the father of Barney's betrothed, Charlotte Barnard. The angry Cephas throws his prospective son-in-law out of the house and,…
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Братья Карамазовы
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky’s crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Братья Карамазовы highest: Братья Карамазовы 4.4 · Pembroke 3.9.
- Pembroke is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Братья Карамазовы.
- Братья Карамазовы has the widest readership — 411948 ratings behind its score.
- Pembroke runs the darker storyline; Братья Карамазовы stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pembroke | Братья Карамазовы | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (59) | 4.4 (411948) |
Reception
| Pembroke | Братья Карамазовы | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 59 | 411948 |
| Editions | 31 | 313 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 94 | 4883 |
| Reading it now | 5 | — |
| Written reviews | 7 | 369 |
| Wikipedia attention | 88 | 60646 |
| Pages | 330 | 534 |