Mémoires d'outre-tombe vs Our Old Home: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Mémoires d'outre-tombe

Mémoires d'outre-tombe François-René de Chateaubriand · 1840 ★★★★☆ 3.9 264 pages · ≈ 4 h 53 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Our Old Home

Our Old Home Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1863 398 pages · ≈ 7 h 22 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Mémoires d'outre-tombe is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Our Old Home.
Our Old Home is the easier read (Challenging), Mémoires d'outre-tombe more demanding (Demanding).

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