Dusty Answer vs No name: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young women, British and irish fiction, England, Fiction

Cover of Dusty Answer

Dusty Answer Rosamond Lehmann · 1927 ★★★★☆ 3.8 340 pages · ≈ 6 h 18 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of No name

No name Wilkie Collins · 1862 ★★★★☆ 4.0 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Dusty Answer is the quicker read — about 6 hours vs 10 for No name.
Dusty Answer is the easier read (Challenging), No name more demanding (Demanding).

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