Egmont vs La dame aux camélias [novel]: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: German language, Drama, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of Egmont

Egmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 120 pages · ≈ 2 h 13 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of La dame aux camélias [novel]

La dame aux camélias [novel] Alexandre Dumas fils · 1848 ★★★★☆ 4.0 284 pages · ≈ 5 h 16 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate La dame aux camélias [novel] higher: 4.0 vs 3.5 from 13 votes.
Egmont is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 5 for La dame aux camélias [novel].

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