Wide is the water vs Women, or, Pour et contre: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Gothic fiction, Fiction

Wide is the water Jane Aiken Hodge · 1981 ★★★★☆ 3.8 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

Women, or, Pour et contre

Women, or, Pour et contre Charles Robert Maturin · 1818 Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Wide is the water is the easier read (Moderate), Women, or, Pour et contre more demanding (Challenging).