No Thoroughfare vs The years: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of No Thoroughfare

No Thoroughfare Charles Dickens · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.6 106 pages · ≈ 1 h 58 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The years

The years Virginia Woolf · 1937 ★★★★☆ 3.8 452 pages · ≈ 8 h 22 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.6 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
No Thoroughfare is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 8 for The years.

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