Through Russian Snows vs War and Peace: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Military campaigns, Campaigns, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Through Russian Snows
Henty gives us two brothers as heroes, Frank and Julian Wyatt from Weymouth. Julian, through some fault of his own, is carried to France by smugglers and ends up in a French prison. Given the opportunity to fight for…
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War and Peace
War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. The…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate War and Peace highest: War and Peace 4.2 · Through Russian Snows 3.9.
- Through Russian Snows is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 18 for War and Peace.
- War and Peace has the widest readership — 376487 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Through Russian Snows | War and Peace | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (304) | 4.2 (376487) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.1 (477) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (518) |
Reception
| Through Russian Snows | War and Peace | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 304 | 376487 |
| Editions | 139 | 644 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 238 | 689 |
| Reading it now | 46 | 3118 |
| Written reviews | 21 | 54 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 52837 |
| Pages | 284 | 976 |