The Thing Around Your Neck vs Works of Elizabeth Gaskell: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: European, English, Literary Criticism, Literature

Cover of The Thing Around Your Neck

The Thing Around Your Neck Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2009 ★★★★☆ 4.2 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Works of Elizabeth Gaskell

Works of Elizabeth Gaskell Joanne Shattock · 2006 ★★★★☆ 4.1 562 pages · ≈ 10 h 24 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.2 vs 4.1 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Thing Around Your Neck is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Works of Elizabeth Gaskell.

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