Sally Dows vs The Bell-Ringer of Angel's: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Fiction
Sally Dows
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What had been in the cool gray of that summer morning a dewy country lane, marked only by a few wagon tracks that never encroached upon its grassy border, and indented only by the faint footprints of a crossing fox or…
The Bell-Ringer of Angel's
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Where the North Fork of the Stanislaus River begins to lose its youthful grace, vigor, and agility, and broadens more maturely into the plain, there is a little promontory which at certain high stages of water lies like…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Sally Dows is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Bell-Ringer of Angel's.
- The Bell-Ringer of Angel's has the widest readership — 5 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Sally Dows | The Bell-Ringer of Angel's | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4) | 3.4 (5) |
Reception
| Sally Dows | The Bell-Ringer of Angel's | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 5 |
| Editions | 29 | 23 |
| Pages | 164 | 334 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sally Dows or The Bell-Ringer of Angel's?
Sally Dows has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sally Dows 3.8/5, The Bell-Ringer of Angel's 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sally Dows or The Bell-Ringer of Angel's?
Sally Dows is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Sally Dows (164 pages, ≈ 3 h 02 m); The Bell-Ringer of Angel's (334 pages, ≈ 6 h 11 m).
Which is harder to read: Sally Dows or The Bell-Ringer of Angel's?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sally Dows: Challenging; The Bell-Ringer of Angel's: Challenging.