Cowper vs Livro do Desassossego: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Poets, Authors, Biography & Memoir
Cowper
In this masterful biography, Goldwin Smith presents the life and works of William Cowper (1731-1800), whom Samuel Taylor Coleridge called “the best modern poet". Tracing Cowper's life—from his beginnings in England to…
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Livro do Desassossego
The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this…
The verdict
- Cowper is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Livro do Desassossego.
Scores by source
| Cowper | Livro do Desassossego | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.4 (39837) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| Cowper | Livro do Desassossego | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 39837 |
| Editions | 31 | 85 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 195963 |
| Reading it now | — | 16388 |
| Written reviews | — | 4658 |
| Wikipedia attention | 119 | 6505 |
| Pages | 128 | 464 |