Decamerone vs World Without End: Which Should You Read?
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Decamerone
Decameron, collection of tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, probably composed between 1349 and 1353. The work is regarded as a masterpiece of classical Italian prose. While romantic in tone and form, it breaks from medieval…
1 film adaptation
vs
World Without End
“Gwenda was eight years old, but she was not afraid of the dark.”
En 1327, quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois: un chevalier tue deux soldats au service de la reine, avant d'enfouir dans le sol une lettre mystérieuse, dont le secret pourrait bien…
The verdict
- Readers rate World Without End highest: World Without End 4.3 · Decamerone 3.9.
- Decamerone is the quickest read — about 10 hours vs 23 for World Without End.
- World Without End has the widest readership — 283676 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Decamerone
≈ 10h vs 23h for World Without End
Want the crowd-tested pick?
World Without End
283676 ratings vs 44581 for Decamerone
Just want the better-reviewed one?
World Without End
4.3 vs 3.9 from readers
New to the genre?
World Without End
Challenging vs Demanding for Decamerone
Scores by source
| Decamerone | World Without End | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (44581) | 4.3 (283676) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.2 (404) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (12) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (2978) |
Reception
| Decamerone | World Without End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 44581 | 283676 |
| Editions | 700 | 46 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 38 | 129539 |
| Reading it now | — | 14428 |
| Written reviews | 1 | 14922 |
| Wikipedia attention | 23329 | 6275 |
| Pages | 579 | 1279 |