Letters of Wallace Stevens vs Memoranda during the war: Which Should You Read?

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Letters of Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens · 1966 ★★★★☆ 4.2 890 pages · ≈ 16 h 29 m · Moderate

Long unavailable, now in paperback for the first time, these are the brilliant, subtle, illuminating letters of one of the great poets of the twentieth century. Wallace Stevens's famous criterion for poetry - "It should…

Correspondence

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Memoranda during the war Walt Whitman · 1876 ★★★★☆ 3.8 68 pages · ≈ 1 h 16 m · Demanding

“DURING the Union War I commenced at the close of 1862, and continued steadily through '63, '64, and '65, to visit the sick and wounded of the Army, both on the field and in the Hospitals in and around Washington city.”

"In December of 1862, having read his brother's name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the war front, where he found his brother wounded but recovering. But Whitman also found there a "new world,"…

Hospitals 19th Century Assassination United States Civil War

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The verdict

Readers rate Letters of Wallace Stevens highest: Letters of Wallace Stevens 4.2 · Memoranda during the war 3.8.
Memoranda during the war is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 16 for Letters of Wallace Stevens.
Memoranda during the war has the widest readership — 192 ratings behind its score.

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How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Memoranda during the war ≈ 1h vs 16h for Letters of Wallace Stevens New to the genre? Letters of Wallace Stevens Moderate vs Demanding for Memoranda during the war

Scores by source

	Letters of Wallace Stevens	Memoranda during the war
Goodreads	4.3 (98)	3.9 (192)
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Reception

	Letters of Wallace Stevens	Memoranda during the war
Ratings	98	192
Editions	8	11
Want to read	196	38
Reading it now	6	—
Written reviews	3	7
Pages	890	68
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Letters of Wallace Stevens or Memoranda during the war?

Letters of Wallace Stevens has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Letters of Wallace Stevens 4.2/5, Memoranda during the war 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Letters of Wallace Stevens or Memoranda during the war?

Memoranda during the war is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Memoranda during the war (68 pages, ≈ 1 h 16 m); Letters of Wallace Stevens (890 pages, ≈ 16 h 29 m).

Which is harder to read: Letters of Wallace Stevens or Memoranda during the war?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Letters of Wallace Stevens: Moderate; Memoranda during the war: Demanding.