The Evil Shepherd vs The house behind the cedars: Which Should You Read?

The Evil Shepherd Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1922 ★★★★☆ 3.7 226 pages · ≈ 4 h 11 m · Challenging

Francis Ledsam, alert, well-satisfied with himself and the world, the echo of a little buzz of congratulations still in his ears, paused on the steps of the modern Temple of Justice to light a cigarette before calling…

The house behind the cedars Charles Waddell Chesnutt · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.8 194 pages · ≈ 3 h 36 m · Challenging

"The House Behind the Cedars tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a…