The City of Fire vs The white flower: Which Should You Read?

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The City of FireThe white flowerEnjoymentDifficultyInfluencePopularityClassic
Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”

Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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Cover of The white flower The white flower Grace Livingston Hill · 1927 ★★★★☆ 4.3 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Challenging

Lovely, flame-haired Rachel Rainsford thinks she is on her way to take a job in Chicago. Then she discovers that her new employer is a criminal who actually plans to sell her as a "companion" to a wealthy and…

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The verdict

Scores by source

The City of FireThe white flower
Goodreads — 4.2 (470)
Hardcover 1.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (129) 5.0 (22)

Reception

The City of FireThe white flower
Ratings 129 470
Editions 14 5
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 250
Reading it now — 47
Written reviews — 36
Pages 270 320

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