Histoire d'un casse-noisette vs The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fairy Tales

Cover of Histoire d'un casse-noisette

Histoire d'un casse-noisette Alexandre Dumas · 1845 ★★★★☆ 3.7 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)

The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) Andrew Lang · 1901 ★★★★☆ 3.9 266 pages · ≈ 4 h 56 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) is the easier read (Moderate), Histoire d'un casse-noisette more demanding (Challenging).

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