Shirley vs Uncle Bernac: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Napoleonic wars, British and irish fiction, 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 Uncle Bernac

Uncle Bernac Arthur Conan Doyle · 1897 ★★★★☆ 4.0 140 pages · ≈ 2 h 36 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Uncle Bernac higher: 4.0 vs 3.8 from 9 votes.
Uncle Bernac is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 11 for Shirley.
Uncle Bernac is the easier read (Challenging), Shirley more demanding (Demanding).

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