South Sea Tales vs Winter Dreams: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Short stories, Short Stories, Fiction
South Sea Tales
Despite the heavy clumsiness of her lines, the Aorai handled easily in the light breeze, and her captain ran her well in before he hove to just outside the suck of the surf. The atoll of Hikueru lay low on the water, a…
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Winter Dreams
"Winter Dreams" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that first appeared in Metropolitan Magazine in December 1922, and was collected in All the Sad Young Men in 1926. It is considered one of Fitzgerald's finest…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Winter Dreams is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 2 for South Sea Tales.
- Winter Dreams has the widest readership — 3534 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| South Sea Tales | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (2682) | 3.7 (3534) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (3) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (104) | — |
Reception
| South Sea Tales | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2682 | 3534 |
| Editions | 70 | 120 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2086 | 2246 |
| Reading it now | 344 | 76 |
| Written reviews | 206 | 342 |
| Wikipedia attention | 212 | 699 |
| Pages | 157 | 48 |