The Beautiful and Damned vs The Rise of Silas Lapham: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of The Beautiful and Damned

The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.7 263 pages · ≈ 4 h 52 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells · 1884 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Beautiful and Damned higher: 3.7 vs 3.4 from 67052 votes.

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