Paul the Peddler vs The misfortunes of Sophy: Which Should You Read?

Paul the Peddler Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1871 ★★★★☆ 3.9 161 pages · ≈ 2 h 59 m · Moderate

Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a…

The misfortunes of Sophy Sophie, comtesse de Ségur · 1871 ★★★★☆ 3.9 248 pages · ≈ 4 h 36 m · Challenging

A soldier who finds two abandoned boys entrusts them to the care of the innkeepers of the Guardian Angel, thus starting the boys and their benefactors on a series of adventures.