Le Rhin vs Wild Wales: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Le Rhin
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Dans ces pages de voyage, Victor Hugo fait du Rhin et de ses villes un vaste livre de pierre, où Mayence, Cologne, Francfort, Worms et Rome révèlent les combats du temps, de l'histoire et de la modernité. L'arrivée par…
Wild Wales
“WALES is a country interesting in many respects, and deserving of more attention than it has hitherto met with.”
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Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862.
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le Rhin is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for Wild Wales.
- Wild Wales has the widest readership — 171 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Le Rhin | Wild Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (9) | 3.9 (171) |
Reception
| Le Rhin | Wild Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9 | 171 |
| Editions | 43 | 126 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 39 | 378 |
| Reading it now | — | 42 |
| Written reviews | — | 28 |
| Wikipedia attention | 140 | 243 |
| Pages | 430 | 608 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Le Rhin or Wild Wales?
Le Rhin has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Le Rhin 4.0/5, Wild Wales 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Le Rhin or Wild Wales?
Le Rhin is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Le Rhin (430 pages, ≈ 7 h 58 m); Wild Wales (608 pages, ≈ 11 h 16 m).
Which is harder to read: Le Rhin or Wild Wales?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Le Rhin: Challenging; Wild Wales: Demanding.