Arcadia vs The uncommercial traveller: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Long Now Manual for Civilization, British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of Arcadia

Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney · 1598 ★★★★☆ 3.7 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The uncommercial traveller

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 ★★★★☆ 3.5 419 pages · ≈ 7 h 46 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.5 — either is a safe pick by score.
The uncommercial traveller is the quicker read — about 7 hours vs 10 for Arcadia.

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