A daily rate vs The City of Fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A daily rate A daily rate Grace Livingston Hill · 1981 ★★★★☆ 4.1 351 pages · ≈ 6 h 30 m · Moderate
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A young woman has to leave her dear aunt who raised her and go to work in the big city. She experiences first-hand the problems of the poor working class, and then learns that she may be able to help some of them.

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Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”
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Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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Side by side

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

A daily rateThe City of Fire
Goodreads 4.2 (739) —
Hardcover — 1.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (10) 4.5 (129)

Reception

A daily rateThe City of Fire
Ratings 739 129
Editions 5 14
Want to read 306 —
Reading it now 98 —
Written reviews 68 —
Pages 351 270

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: A daily rate or The City of Fire?

The City of Fire has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The City of Fire 4.3/5, A daily rate 4.1/5).

Which is shorter to read: A daily rate or The City of Fire?

The City of Fire is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The City of Fire (270 pages, ≈ 5 h 00 m); A daily rate (351 pages, ≈ 6 h 30 m).

Which is harder to read: A daily rate or The City of Fire?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A daily rate: Moderate; The City of Fire: Challenging.

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