Les tragiques vs Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Continental european drama, Poetry

Cover of Les tragiques

Les tragiques Agrippa d' Aubigné · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.7 203 pages · ≈ 3 h 46 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)

Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) William Shakespeare · 1771 ★★★★☆ 3.8 201 pages · ≈ 3 h 43 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.

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