A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories vs Selected Stories of Bret Harte: Which Should You Read?
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A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories
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A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West is a collection of short stories written by the American author Frank Norris. It was published posthumously in 1903 by Doubleday, Page & Company and composed…
Selected Stories of Bret Harte
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The life of Bret Harte divides itself, without adventitious forcing, into four quite distinct parts. First, we have the precocious boyhood, with its eager response to the intellectual stimulation of cultured parents;…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Selected Stories of Bret Harte highest: Selected Stories of Bret Harte 3.8 · A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories 3.4.
- A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Selected Stories of Bret Harte.
- A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories has the widest readership — 118 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories | Selected Stories of Bret Harte | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (118) | 3.7 (109) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (7) |
Reception
| A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories | Selected Stories of Bret Harte | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 118 | 109 |
| Editions | 95 | 9 |
| Want to read | 93 | 145 |
| Reading it now | 9 | 59 |
| Written reviews | 13 | 8 |
| Pages | 107 | 306 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories or Selected Stories of Bret Harte?
Selected Stories of Bret Harte has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Selected Stories of Bret Harte 3.8/5, A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories 3.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories or Selected Stories of Bret Harte?
A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories (107 pages, ≈ 1 h 59 m); Selected Stories of Bret Harte (306 pages, ≈ 5 h 40 m).
Which is harder to read: A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories or Selected Stories of Bret Harte?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Deal In Wheat And Other Stories: Challenging; Selected Stories of Bret Harte: Challenging.