No name vs Wives and Daughters: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young women, British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of No name

No name Wilkie Collins · 1862 ★★★★☆ 4.0 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell · 1866 ★★★★☆ 4.3 310 pages · ≈ 5 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Wives and Daughters higher: 4.3 vs 4.0 from 61 votes.
Wives and Daughters is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 10 for No name.
Wives and Daughters is the easier read (Challenging), No name more demanding (Demanding).

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