Преступление и наказание vs Wallenstein: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Преступление и наказание Преступление и наказание Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1866 ★★★★☆ 4.3 562 pages · ≈ 10 h 24 m · Demanding
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From wikipedia: Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: \[prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə\]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first…

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Cover of Wallenstein Wallenstein Friedrich Schiller · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.7 275 pages · ≈ 5 h 06 m · Challenging
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»Wallensteins Tod« ist der dritte Teil von Friedrich Schillers 1798/99 uraufgeführtem und im Jahr 1800 erschienenem dreiteiligen monumentalen Versdrama »Wallenstein«, dessen ersten beiden Teile »Wallensteins Lager« und…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Преступление и наказаниеWallenstein
Goodreads 4.3 (1149478) 3.7 (264)
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Google Books 5.0 (4) —
Apple Books 4.0 (55) —

Reception

Преступление и наказаниеWallenstein
Ratings 1149478 264
Editions 1179 80
Citations — 2
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 2 424
Reading it now — 6
Written reviews 1 15
Wikipedia attention 85168 31
Pages 562 275

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Преступление и наказание or Wallenstein?

Преступление и наказание has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Преступление и наказание 4.3/5, Wallenstein 3.7/5).

Which is shorter to read: Преступление и наказание or Wallenstein?

Wallenstein is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Wallenstein (275 pages, ≈ 5 h 06 m); Преступление и наказание (562 pages, ≈ 10 h 24 m).

Which is harder to read: Преступление и наказание or Wallenstein?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Преступление и наказание: Demanding; Wallenstein: Challenging.

Have both books been made into films?

Преступление и наказание: 5 film adaptations; Wallenstein: no film adaptation on record.

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