A fable for critics vs Metropolitan Life: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: American wit and humor, Anecdotes, Humor

Cover of A fable for critics

A fable for critics James Russell Lowell · 1848 80 pages · ≈ 1 h 29 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Metropolitan Life

Metropolitan Life Fran Lebowitz · 1978 ★★★★☆ 3.8 177 pages · ≈ 3 h 17 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Metropolitan Life is the easier read (Light), A fable for critics more demanding (Moderate).

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