The Canterbury Tales vs The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Death, Poetry
The Canterbury Tales
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of…
1 film adaptation
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The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem
An illustrated version of the poem about the fate of the beautiful Lady of Shalott.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem highest: The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 4.1 · The Canterbury Tales 3.5.
- The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for The Canterbury Tales.
- The Canterbury Tales has the widest readership — 241442 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Canterbury Tales | The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (241442) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (249) | 4.2 (20) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (81) | 5.0 (6) |
Reception
| The Canterbury Tales | The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 241442 | 20 |
| Editions | 722 | 19 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1397 | — |
| Reading it now | 139 | — |
| Written reviews | 120 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 42578 | — |
| Pages | 388 | 48 |