Sick Heart River vs Works of Elizabeth Gaskell: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: European, English, Literary Criticism
Sick Heart River
Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest…
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Works of Elizabeth Gaskell
Features Elizabeth Gaskell's work. This work brings together her journalism, her shorter fiction, which was published in various collections during her lifetime, her early personal writing, including a diary written…
The verdict
- Sick Heart River is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Works of Elizabeth Gaskell.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sick Heart River | Works of Elizabeth Gaskell | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (124) |
Reception
| Sick Heart River | Works of Elizabeth Gaskell | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 124 |
| Editions | 84 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 294 |
| Reading it now | — | 332 |
| Written reviews | — | 6 |
| Wikipedia attention | 231 | — |
| Pages | 288 | 562 |