Condensed novels vs Love of Life and Other Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction
Condensed novels
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The Dodds were dead. For twenty year they had slept under the green graves of Kittery churchyard. The townfolk still spoke of them kindly. The keeper of the alehouse, where David had smoked his pipe, regretted him…
Love of Life and Other Stories
“THEY limped painfully down the bank, and once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks.”
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Jack, an Alaska gold rush-era miner, is abandoned by his partner and left to make his way through the wilderness alone. Starving and injured, he struggles physically and spiritually to come to grips with what is of true…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Love of Life and Other Stories highest: Love of Life and Other Stories 4.1 · Condensed novels 3.8.
- Love of Life and Other Stories has the widest readership — 2644 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Condensed novels | Love of Life and Other Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (5) | 4.1 (2644) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (19) |
Reception
| Condensed novels | Love of Life and Other Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 2644 |
| Editions | 27 | 44 |
| Want to read | 11 | — |
| Reading it now | 4 | — |
| Pages | 219 | 134 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Condensed novels or Love of Life and Other Stories?
Love of Life and Other Stories has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Love of Life and Other Stories 4.1/5, Condensed novels 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Condensed novels or Love of Life and Other Stories?
Love of Life and Other Stories is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Love of Life and Other Stories (134 pages, ≈ 2 h 29 m); Condensed novels (219 pages, ≈ 4 h 03 m).
Which is harder to read: Condensed novels or Love of Life and Other Stories?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Condensed novels: Challenging; Love of Life and Other Stories: Challenging.