The Game of Life and How to Play It vs The human machine: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Game of Life and How to Play It The Game of Life and How to Play It Florence Scovel Shinn · 1925 ★★★★☆ 4.1 96 pages · ≈ 1 h 47 m · Challenging

Reprint of 1941 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One secret of Shinn's success was that she was always herself . . . colloquial, informal,…

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Cover of The human machine The human machine Arnold Bennett · 1908 ★★★★☆ 3.8 123 pages · ≈ 2 h 17 m · Challenging

Considering that we have to spend the whole of our lives in this human machine, considering that it is our sole means of contact and compromise with the rest of the world, we really do devote to it very little…

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The Game of Life and How to Play ItThe human machine
Goodreads 4.1 (19714) 3.8 (364)
Hardcover 3.5 (16) 3.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (209) 5.0 (6)

Reception

The Game of Life and How to Play ItThe human machine
Ratings 19714 364
Editions 97 27
Citations — 6
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 25935 —
Reading it now 5023 —
Written reviews 1728 —
Pages 96 123

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