Condensed novels vs On the Frontier: Which Should You Read?

Condensed novels Bret Harte · 1867 ★★★★☆ 3.8 219 pages · ≈ 4 h 03 m · Challenging

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…

On the Frontier Bret Harte · 1884 ★★★★☆ 3.8 132 pages · ≈ 2 h 27 m · Challenging

It was noon of the 10th of August, 1838. The monotonous coast line between Monterey and San Diego had set its hard outlines against the steady glare of the Californian sky and the metallic glitter of the Pacific Ocean.…