Creatures That Once Were Men vs Смерть Ивана Ильича: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Russian Short stories, Continental european fiction, Fiction

Cover of Creatures That Once Were Men

Creatures That Once Were Men Максим Горький · 1905 ★★★★☆ 3.7 210 pages · ≈ 3 h 53 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Смерть Ивана Ильича

Смерть Ивана Ильича Лев Толстой · 1887 ★★★★☆ 4.1 76 pages · ≈ 1 h 24 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Смерть Ивана Ильича higher: 4.1 vs 3.7 from 254827 votes.
Смерть Ивана Ильича is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 3 for Creatures That Once Were Men.

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