Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair vs New Arabian Nights: Which Should You Read?

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris · 1895 ★★★★☆ 3.8 96 pages · ≈ 1 h 47 m · Challenging

“Of old there was a land which was so much a woodland, that a minstrel thereof said it that a squirrel might go from end to end, and all about, from tree to tree, and never touch the earth: therefore was that land called Oakenrealm.”

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of…

New Arabian Nights Robert Louis Stevenson · 1882 ★★★★☆ 3.7 276 pages · ≈ 5 h 07 m · Demanding

During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what…