Middlemarch vs Miss Marjoribanks: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young women, England, Romance, Fiction

Cover of Middlemarch

Middlemarch George Eliot · 1800 ★★★★☆ 4.1 795 pages · ≈ 14 h 43 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Miss Marjoribanks

Miss Marjoribanks Margaret Oliphant · 1866 ★★★★☆ 3.8 546 pages · ≈ 10 h 07 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Middlemarch higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 186364 votes.
Miss Marjoribanks is the quicker read — about 10 hours vs 14 for Middlemarch.
Miss Marjoribanks is the easier read (Challenging), Middlemarch more demanding (Demanding).

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