An Ideal Husband vs Back to Methuselah: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British and irish drama, English drama, English literature, Drama

Cover of An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde · 1899 ★★★★☆ 4.3 116 pages · ≈ 2 h 09 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Back to Methuselah

Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw · 1921 ★★★★☆ 3.8 283 pages · ≈ 5 h 14 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate An Ideal Husband higher: 4.3 vs 3.8 from 308 votes.
An Ideal Husband is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Back to Methuselah.
Back to Methuselah is the easier read (Challenging), An Ideal Husband more demanding (Demanding).

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