Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties vs Gedichte: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Soldiers, Poetry
Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties
For the modern reader of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads - among the most enduringly popular poems ever published in England - some explanation of their contemporary expressions and allusions and their military context…
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Gedichte
Wer sich die Muße nimmt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe abseits der üblichen Pfade zu erkunden, wer sich mit dieser Anthologie in Goethes Zeit und seine Denkweise einführen lässt, wird feststellen: Goethe ist zeitgemäß.…
The verdict
- Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for Gedichte.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties | Gedichte | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (343) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Barrack-room ballads and Departmental ditties | Gedichte | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 343 |
| Editions | 45 | 136 |
| Want to read | — | 404 |
| Written reviews | — | 19 |
| Pages | 174 | 439 |