Oliver Twist vs Romeo and Juliet: Which Should You Read?

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens · 1822 ★★★★☆ 3.9 434 pages · ≈ 8 h 02 m · Challenging

“AMONG other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a work-house; and in this work-house was born-on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the rea”

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the…

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare · 1597 ★★★★☆ 3.7 108 pages · ≈ 2 h 00 m · Demanding

“Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most…