A Survey of London vs Corinne: Which Should You Read?

A Survey of London John Stow · 1598 ★★★★☆ 3.9 473 pages · ≈ 8 h 46 m · Demanding

This volume offers a rare 1603 account of London and its history.

Corinne Germaine de Staël · 1786 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 395 pages · ≈ 7 h 19 m · Demanding

"Corinne, or Italy (1807). A romantic novel by Mme de Staël. Oswald Nevil, and English lord, recuperating in Rome, meets the famous poetess Corinne, who, half-English and half-Italian, has exiled herself from her…