The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) vs Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets]: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mistaken Identities, Rejection, Juvenile drama, Comedy, Performing Arts, Courtship
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The verdict
- Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] is the quickest read — about 17 hours vs 20 for The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale).
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets]
≈ 17h vs 20h for The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)
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The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale)
Challenging vs Demanding for Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets]
Scores by source
| The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) | Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.2 (32) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (5) | — |
Reception
| The Comedies (All's Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Comedy of Errors / Love's Labour's Lost / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Two Gentlemen of Verona / Winter's Tale) | Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 32 | — |
| Editions | 61 | 28 |
| Pages | 1101 | 968 |