Daisy Miller vs The Wings of the Dove: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young women in fiction, Americans in fiction, Americans, Young women, Travel, Historical Fiction

Cover of Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller Henry James · 1877 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 62 pages · ≈ 1 h 09 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove Henry James · 1902 ★★★★☆ 3.8 457 pages · ≈ 8 h 28 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Wings of the Dove higher: 3.8 vs 3.4 from 17746 votes.
Daisy Miller is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 8 for The Wings of the Dove.

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