Novel Notes vs Sketches of Lavender, Blue, and Green: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Novel Notes Novel Notes Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1893 ★★★★☆ 3.8 168 pages · ≈ 3 h 07 m · Challenging
“Years ago, when I was very small, we lived in a great house in a long, straight, brown-coloured street, in the east end of London.”

When, on returning home one evening, after a pipe party at my friend Jephson's, I informed my wife that I was going to write a novel, she expressed herself as pleased with the idea. She said she had often wondered I had…

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Cover of Sketches of Lavender, Blue, and Green Sketches of Lavender, Blue, and Green Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1897 ★★★★☆ 3.7 138 pages · ≈ 2 h 33 m · Challenging
“The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.”

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Goodreads 3.8 (636) 3.7 (89)
Hardcover 4.0 (2) —

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Novel NotesSketches of Lavender, Blue, and Green
Ratings 636 89
Editions 75 56
Want to read 385 —
Reading it now 28 —
Written reviews 30 —
Pages 168 138

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