Il purgatorio vs Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas: Which Should You Read?

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

Cover of Il purgatorio

Il purgatorio Dante Alighieri · 1768 ★★★★☆ 3.9 316 pages · ≈ 5 h 51 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Machado de Assis · 1881 ★★★★☆ 4.3 207 pages · ≈ 3 h 50 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas higher: 4.3 vs 3.9 from 40899 votes.
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Il purgatorio.

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