Pictures from Italy vs Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Novelists, Italy, Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs
Pictures from Italy
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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Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy)
American Notes was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philadelphia; Cincinnati,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Pictures from Italy is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 9 for Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy).
- Pictures from Italy has the widest readership — 919 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pictures from Italy | Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (919) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (86) | 3.5 (86) |
Reception
| Pictures from Italy | Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 919 | 86 |
| Editions | 99 | 80 |
| Citations | 51 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 2554 | — |
| Reading it now | 155 | — |
| Written reviews | 121 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 332 | — |
| Pages | 125 | 521 |