Letters from the Earth vs More Fables: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Letters from the Earth Letters from the Earth Mark Twain · 1962 ★★★★☆ 4.2 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Challenging

The eponymous story, “Letters from the Earth,” is a set of eleven letters written by Satan to the archangels Gabriel and Michael about his travels. Satan finds human beliefs about themselves almost insane, pointing out…

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Cover of More Fables More Fables George Ade · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.8 218 pages · ≈ 4 h 02 m · Moderate

After he had Registered at the Hotel and Swelled Up properly when addressed as "Mister" by the Clerk, he wanted to know if there was a Lively Show in Town. The Clerk told him to follow the Street until he came to all…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Letters from the EarthMore Fables
Goodreads — 3.7 (11)
Hardcover 4.1 (15) —
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (28) —

Reception

Letters from the EarthMore Fables
Ratings 28 11
Editions 29 16
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 16
Reading it now — 3
Wikipedia attention 1059 —
Pages 240 218

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