Nineteen Eighty-Four vs The Count of Monte Cristo: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell · 1949 ★★★★☆ 4.2 244 pages · ≈ 4 h 31 m · Challenging

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker…

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Cover of The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas · 1964 ★★★★☆ 4.4 242 pages · ≈ 4 h 29 m · Challenging

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only…

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Nineteen Eighty-FourThe Count of Monte Cristo
Goodreads 4.2 (5733183) —
Hardcover 5.0 (1) 4.4 (1585)
Google Books — 5.0 (8)
Apple Books — 4.5 (153)

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Nineteen Eighty-FourThe Count of Monte Cristo
Ratings 5733183 1585
Editions 536 3
Citations — 1
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 3170038 —
Pages 244 242

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