Dead Men's Money vs The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Dead Men's Money

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.7 212 pages · ≈ 3 h 56 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana

The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana Daniel Defoe · 1724 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 429 pages · ≈ 7 h 57 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Dead Men's Money higher: 3.7 vs 3.4 from 370 votes.
Dead Men's Money is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana.
Dead Men's Money is the easier read (Challenging), The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana more demanding (Demanding).

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