Pictures from Italy vs Pinocchio: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens · 1846 ★★★★☆ 3.5 125 pages · ≈ 2 h 19 m · Demanding

From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit…

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Cover of Pinocchio Pinocchio Carlo Collodi · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.8 61 pages · ≈ 1 h 08 m · Light

In a little town somewhere in Italy lived a friendly old carpenter called Geppetto. And this is the story of that good man and his son - Pinocchio. Now in the town all the girls and boys knew that old Geppetto had a way…

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1 film adaptation

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Pictures from ItalyPinocchio
Goodreads 3.5 (919) 3.8 (90780)
Hardcover 3.3 (3) 3.8 (70)
Google Books — 4.5 (3)
Apple Books 3.5 (86) 4.5 (195)

Reception

Pictures from ItalyPinocchio
Ratings 919 90780
Editions 99 30
Citations 51 —
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 2554 —
Reading it now 155 —
Written reviews 121 —
Wikipedia attention 332 29014
Pages 125 61

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