Notre Dame de Paris vs Paul et Virginie: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: French fiction, French literature, French language, History, Fiction

Cover of Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris Victor Hugo · 1831 ★★★★☆ 4.0 409 pages · ≈ 7 h 34 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Paul et Virginie

Paul et Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre · 1789 ★★★★☆ 3.7 311 pages · ≈ 5 h 46 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Notre Dame de Paris higher: 4.0 vs 3.7 from 224399 votes.
Notre Dame de Paris is the easier read (Challenging), Paul et Virginie more demanding (Demanding).

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