A fable for critics vs Side Effects: Which Should You Read?
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A fable for critics
A Fable for Critics By James Russell LowellA Fable for Critics is a book-length poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the…
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Side Effects
“IT HAS BEEN four weeks and it is still hard for me to believe Sandor Needleman is dead.”
Allen's third and final collection of humor pieces which originally appeared in The New Yorker during the late 1970s.
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| A fable for critics | Side Effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (8804) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| A fable for critics | Side Effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 8804 |
| Editions | 15 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 136 | 321 |
| Pages | 80 | 171 |