Condensed novels vs Selected Stories of Bret Harte: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction
Condensed novels
The Dodds were dead. For twenty year they had slept under the green graves of Kittery churchyard. The townfolk still spoke of them kindly. The keeper of the alehouse, where David had smoked his pipe, regretted him…
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Selected Stories of Bret Harte
The life of Bret Harte divides itself, without adventitious forcing, into four quite distinct parts. First, we have the precocious boyhood, with its eager response to the intellectual stimulation of cultured parents;…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Selected Stories of Bret Harte has the widest readership — 109 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Condensed novels | Selected Stories of Bret Harte | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (5) | 3.7 (109) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (7) |
Reception
| Condensed novels | Selected Stories of Bret Harte | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 109 |
| Editions | 27 | 9 |
| Want to read | 11 | 145 |
| Reading it now | 4 | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 8 |
| Pages | 219 | 306 |