Middlemarch vs Mrs. Dalloway: Which Should You Read?

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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 Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf · 1925 ★★★★☆ 3.8 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Middlemarch higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 186364 votes.
Mrs. Dalloway is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 14 for Middlemarch.
Mrs. Dalloway is the easier read (Challenging), Middlemarch more demanding (Demanding).

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