A Collection of Ballads vs Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A Collection of Ballads A Collection of Ballads Andrew Lang · 1897 ★★★★☆ 3.6 225 pages · ≈ 4 h 10 m · Demanding
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This is a song book. When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood,…

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Cover of Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads Ritson, Joseph · 1795 ★★★★☆ 3.9 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Demanding
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The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse.…

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The verdict

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A Collection of BalladsRobin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads
Goodreads 3.2 (10) —
Hardcover 3.0 (1) —
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Reception

A Collection of BalladsRobin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads
Ratings 10 2
Editions 47 45
Citations — 13
Want to read 54 —
Reading it now 11 —
Pages 225 270
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: A Collection of Ballads or Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads?

Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads 3.9/5, A Collection of Ballads 3.6/5).

Which is shorter to read: A Collection of Ballads or Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads?

A Collection of Ballads is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: A Collection of Ballads (225 pages, ≈ 4 h 10 m); Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads (270 pages, ≈ 5 h 00 m).

Which is harder to read: A Collection of Ballads or Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Collection of Ballads: Demanding; Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads: Demanding.

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