Middlemarch vs Vanity Fair: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Married women, Married people, England, Social life and customs, History, 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 Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 699 pages · ≈ 12 h 57 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Middlemarch higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 186364 votes.

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