Debits and credits vs Within the tides: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Short Stories
Debits and credits
Debits and Credits, Rudyard Kipling. TEI XML version of http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/debits/ .
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Within the tides
In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Within the tides is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Debits and credits.
- Within the tides has the widest readership — 194 ratings behind its score.
- Within the tides runs the darker storyline; Debits and credits stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Debits and credits | Within the tides | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (50) | 3.6 (194) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| Debits and credits | Within the tides | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 50 | 194 |
| Editions | 35 | 46 |
| Citations | — | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 243 |
| Reading it now | — | 27 |
| Written reviews | — | 24 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5556 | — |
| Pages | 416 | 172 |