Egmont vs Maria Stuart: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: German drama, German language, Continental european drama, Drama

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 Maria Stuart

Maria Stuart Friedrich Schiller · 1801 ★★★★☆ 4.1 171 pages · ≈ 3 h 10 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Maria Stuart higher: 4.1 vs 3.5 from 15159 votes.
Maria Stuart is the easier read (Challenging), Egmont more demanding (Demanding).

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