Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) vs The Canterbury Tales: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)

Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) William Shakespeare · 1771 ★★★★☆ 3.8 201 pages · ≈ 3 h 43 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer · 1478 ★★★★☆ 3.5 388 pages · ≈ 7 h 11 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) higher: 3.8 vs 3.5 from 2 votes.
Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Canterbury Tales.

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