North of Boston vs The Deserted Village: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Personal copy, Library, Poetry
North of Boston
“I'M going out to clean the pasture spring;”
From the book:SOMETHING there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another…
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The Deserted Village
This long poem by eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish poet Oliver Goldsmith about the destruction of an English village was published in New York in 1917, with 35 illustrations by the Etching Club.
The verdict
- Readers rate North of Boston highest: North of Boston 3.9 · The Deserted Village 3.5.
- The Deserted Village is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 2 for North of Boston.
- The Deserted Village has the widest readership — 169 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| North of Boston | The Deserted Village | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 5.0 (1) | 3.5 (169) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 2.8 (2) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (49) | — |
Reception
| North of Boston | The Deserted Village | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 49 | 169 |
| Editions | 56 | 129 |
| Citations | 37 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 124 |
| Reading it now | — | 12 |
| Written reviews | — | 21 |
| Wikipedia attention | 505 | 1163 |
| Pages | 141 | 30 |