Бѣсы vs Voskresenīe: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Russian fiction, Russia, Continental european fiction, Fiction

Cover of Бѣсы

Бѣсы Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1871 ★★★★☆ 4.0 617 pages · ≈ 11 h 26 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Voskresenīe

Voskresenīe Лев Толстой · 1899 ★★★★☆ 4.2 572 pages · ≈ 10 h 36 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 4.2 — either is a safe pick by score.
Voskresenīe is the easier read (Challenging), Бѣсы more demanding (Demanding).

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