Life on the Mississippi vs Their Wedding Journey: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Authors, Description and travel, Travel, Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir, Fiction
Life on the Mississippi
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his…
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Their Wedding Journey
From the book:They first met in Boston, but the match was made in Europe, where they afterwards saw each other; whither, indeed, he followed her; and there the match was also broken off. Why it was broken off, and why…
The verdict
- Readers rate Life on the Mississippi highest: Life on the Mississippi 3.9 · Their Wedding Journey 3.4.
- Their Wedding Journey is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Life on the Mississippi.
- Life on the Mississippi has the widest readership — 15762 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Life on the Mississippi | Their Wedding Journey | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15762) | 3.2 (42) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (27) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (140) | — |
Reception
| Life on the Mississippi | Their Wedding Journey | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15762 | 42 |
| Editions | 157 | 118 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 17290 | 104 |
| Pages | 273 | 64 |