Poems vs The Ballad of Reading Gaol: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English poetry, Poetry

Cover of Poems

Poems George Meredith · 1851 ★★★★☆ 3.8 623 pages · ≈ 11 h 32 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde · 1896 ★★★★☆ 4.3 49 pages · ≈ 54 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Ballad of Reading Gaol higher: 4.3 vs 3.8 from 7984 votes.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 11 for Poems.

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