Записки изъ подполья vs Voskresenīe: Which Should You Read?

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

Cover of Записки изъ подполья

Записки изъ подполья Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1864 ★★★★☆ 4.1 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 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: 4.1 vs 4.2 — either is a safe pick by score.
Записки изъ подполья is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 10 for Voskresenīe.
Voskresenīe is the easier read (Challenging), Записки изъ подполья more demanding (Demanding).

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