A Beleaguered City vs The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Supernatural, Fiction

Cover of A Beleaguered City

A Beleaguered City Margaret Oliphant · 1880 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 78 pages · ≈ 1 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H.P. Lovecraft · 1965 ★★★★☆ 4.1 127 pages · ≈ 2 h 21 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Case of Charles Dexter Ward higher: 4.1 vs 3.4 from 23992 votes.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is the easier read (Moderate), A Beleaguered City more demanding (Challenging).

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