Shirley vs The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana: Which Should You Read?

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

Cover of Shirley

Shirley Charlotte Brontë · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 640 pages · ≈ 11 h 51 m · Demanding 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 Shirley higher: 3.8 vs 3.4 from 37677 votes.
The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana is the quicker read — about 7 hours vs 11 for Shirley.

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