New-England tale vs Shelter: Which Should You Read?

New-England tale Catharine Maria Sedgwick · 1822 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 297 pages · ≈ 5 h 30 m · Challenging

The Early American Women Writers series offers rare works of fiction by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women, each reprinted in its entirety, each with a foreword by General Editor Cathy N. Davidson, who places the…

Shelter Jayne Anne Phillips · 1994 ★★★★☆ 3.7 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate

In a West Virginia girls' camp in July 1963, a group of children experience an unexpected rite of passage. Shelter is an astonishing portrayal of an American loss of innocence as witnessed by a drifter named Parson, two…