En route vs Notre Dame de Paris: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: French literature, Continental european fiction, Fiction

Cover of En route

En route Joris-Karl Huysmans · 1895 ★★★★☆ 4.0 458 pages · ≈ 8 h 29 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris Victor Hugo · 1831 ★★★★☆ 4.0 409 pages · ≈ 7 h 34 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Notre Dame de Paris is the easier read (Challenging), En route more demanding (Demanding).

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