The English notebooks vs The French and Italian notebooks: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hawthorne, Notebooks, American Novelists, Diaries, Americans, Description and travel
The English notebooks
The author's notebooks.According to Wikipedia: ""Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer."
vs
The French and Italian notebooks
A travel writing by Hawthrone that is very occasional in nature. This travel writing also reflects his interesting observations and his descriptions that have been penned down in the form of huge paragraphs .
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The English notebooks is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 10 for The French and Italian notebooks.
- The English notebooks has the widest readership — 4 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The English notebooks | The French and Italian notebooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 2.8 (4) | 2.0 (1) |
Reception
| The English notebooks | The French and Italian notebooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 1 |
| Editions | 58 | 69 |
| Want to read | 17 | 22 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 2 |
| Pages | 394 | 576 |