Обломов vs Записки изъ подполья: Which Should You Read?
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Обломов
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A comedic story about a member of the landed gentry of nineteenth-century Russia whose indolence destroys his life.
Записки изъ подполья
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Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes. Moreover, the novel introduces themes —…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Записки изъ подполья is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 9 for Обломов.
- Обломов has the widest readership — 44321 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Обломов | Записки изъ подполья | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (44321) | — |
Reception
| Обломов | Записки изъ подполья | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 44321 | 50 |
| Editions | 117 | 837 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4588 | — |
| Pages | 517 | 124 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Обломов or Записки изъ подполья?
Обломов has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Обломов 4.1/5, Записки изъ подполья 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: Обломов or Записки изъ подполья?
Записки изъ подполья is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Записки изъ подполья (124 pages, ≈ 2 h 18 m); Обломов (517 pages, ≈ 9 h 34 m).
Which is harder to read: Обломов or Записки изъ подполья?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Обломов: Demanding; Записки изъ подполья: Demanding.
Have both books been made into films?
Обломов: 2 film adaptations; Записки изъ подполья: no film adaptation on record.