Puti nebesnye vs The City of Fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Puti nebesnye Puti nebesnye Иван Сергеевич Шмелёв · 1937 532 pages · ≈ 9 h 51 m · Challenging
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Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”
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Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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The verdict

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How to choose

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Puti nebesnyeThe City of Fire
Hardcover — 1.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (129)
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Reception

Puti nebesnyeThe City of Fire
Ratings — 129
Editions 5 14
Pages 532 270
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Questions readers ask

Which is shorter to read: Puti nebesnye or The City of Fire?

The City of Fire is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The City of Fire (270 pages, ≈ 5 h 00 m); Puti nebesnye (532 pages, ≈ 9 h 51 m).

Which is harder to read: Puti nebesnye or The City of Fire?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Puti nebesnye: Challenging; The City of Fire: Challenging.

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