The Essays of Elia vs Tristes Tropiques: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Essays of Elia The Essays of Elia Charles Lamb · 1823 ★★★★☆ 3.7 337 pages · ≈ 6 h 14 m · Challenging

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the…

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Cover of Tristes Tropiques Tristes Tropiques Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1955 ★★★★☆ 4.1 404 pages · ≈ 7 h 29 m · Moderate

Tristes Tropiques was an immensely popular bestseller when it was first published in France in 1955. Claude Levi-Strauss's groundbreaking study of the societies of a number of Amazonian peoples is a cornerstone of…

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The Essays of EliaTristes Tropiques
Goodreads 3.6 (93) 4.1 (4318)
Hardcover 3.0 (1) 4.0 (11)

Reception

The Essays of EliaTristes Tropiques
Ratings 93 4318
Editions 187 84
Citations 9 —
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 231 16838
Reading it now 58 834
Written reviews 14 340
Wikipedia attention — 1611
Pages 337 404

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