Les confessions vs Words: Which Should You Read?
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Les confessions
“I have resolved on an enterprise which has no precedent and which, once complete, will have no imitator. My purpose is to display to my kind a portrait in every way true to nature, and the man I shall portray will be myself.”
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens…
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Words
The book, consisting of Sartre distancing himself from writing and making his farewells to literature was very successful for the author and was hailed nearly unanimously as a "literary success"[citation needed]. In…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Words is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 12 for Les confessions.
- Words has the widest readership — 10655 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Les confessions | Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (547) | 3.7 (10655) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (13) | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| Les confessions | Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 547 | 10655 |
| Editions | 244 | 38 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 21401 | 11417 |
| Reading it now | — | 718 |
| Written reviews | 547 | 815 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 18366 |
| Pages | 674 | 214 |