New Arabian Nights vs The uncommercial traveller: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Long Now Manual for Civilization, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of New Arabian Nights

New Arabian Nights Robert Louis Stevenson · 1882 ★★★★☆ 3.7 276 pages · ≈ 5 h 07 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The uncommercial traveller

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 ★★★★☆ 3.5 419 pages · ≈ 7 h 46 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.5 — either is a safe pick by score.
New Arabian Nights is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 7 for The uncommercial traveller.

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