Noa Noa vs Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Noa Noa

Noa Noa Paul Gauguin · 1900 109 pages · ≈ 2 h 01 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 ★★★★☆ 3.8 460 pages · ≈ 8 h 31 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Noa Noa is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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