Poor Miss Finch vs The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, England, Psychology, Fiction

Cover of Poor Miss Finch

Poor Miss Finch Wilkie Collins · 1872 ★★★★☆ 3.8 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana

The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana Daniel Defoe · 1724 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 429 pages · ≈ 7 h 57 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Poor Miss Finch higher: 3.8 vs 3.4 from 1281 votes.
Poor Miss Finch is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana.
Poor Miss Finch is the easier read (Challenging), The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana more demanding (Demanding).

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