A Child's Garden of Verses vs Poems: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English poetry, Poetry

Cover of A Child's Garden of Verses

A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 ★★★★☆ 4.3 130 pages · ≈ 2 h 24 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Poems

Poems George Meredith · 1851 ★★★★☆ 3.8 623 pages · ≈ 11 h 32 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate A Child's Garden of Verses higher: 4.3 vs 3.8 from 27375 votes.
A Child's Garden of Verses is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 11 for Poems.
A Child's Garden of Verses is the easier read (Challenging), Poems more demanding (Demanding).

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