A Room with a View vs Brideshead Revisited: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of A Room with a View

A Room with a View E. M. Forster · 1905 ★★★★☆ 3.9 196 pages · ≈ 3 h 38 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh · 1945 ★★★★☆ 3.9 327 pages · ≈ 6 h 03 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
A Room with a View is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Brideshead Revisited.

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