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

Both live on shelves: Young women, British and irish fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Romance, 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 Emma

Emma Jane Austen · 1815 ★★★★☆ 4.0 536 pages · ≈ 9 h 56 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
A Room with a View is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 9 for Emma.
A Room with a View is the easier read (Challenging), Emma more demanding (Demanding).

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