Egmont vs Wilhelm Tell: Which Should You Read?

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

Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller · 1800 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 140 pages · ≈ 2 h 36 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Egmont higher: 3.5 vs 3.2 from 659 votes.

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