At the Foot of the Rainbow vs The Blithedale Romance: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Farm life, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of At the Foot of the Rainbow

At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter · 1907 ★★★★☆ 3.7 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Blithedale Romance

The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate At the Foot of the Rainbow higher: 3.7 vs 3.4 from 578 votes.
At the Foot of the Rainbow is the easier read (Challenging), The Blithedale Romance more demanding (Demanding).

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