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
No Thoroughfare
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Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is widely regarded as one of the greatest novelists of…
The years
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A stirring, straightforward work written near the end of her luminous career, Virginia Woolf's The Years is a portrait of the Pargiters, a staid London family presided over by Colonel Abel Pargiter. In some ways,…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- No Thoroughfare is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for The years.
- The years has the widest readership — 6802 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| No Thoroughfare | The years | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (604) | 3.8 (6802) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (5) |
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Reception
| No Thoroughfare | The years | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 604 | 6802 |
| Editions | 192 | 131 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 692 | 15117 |
| Reading it now | — | 681 |
| Written reviews | 84 | 782 |
| Wikipedia attention | 346 | 933 |
| Pages | 106 | 452 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: No Thoroughfare or The years?
The years has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The years 3.8/5, No Thoroughfare 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: No Thoroughfare or The years?
No Thoroughfare is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: No Thoroughfare (106 pages, ≈ 1 h 58 m); The years (452 pages, ≈ 8 h 22 m).
Which is harder to read: No Thoroughfare or The years?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — No Thoroughfare: Challenging; The years: Challenging.