Wives and Daughters vs Women in Love: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Social classes, Social conditions, British and irish fiction, Women, Fiction

Cover of Wives and Daughters

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

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Cover of Women in Love

Women in Love D. H. Lawrence · 1877 ★★★★☆ 3.7 508 pages · ≈ 9 h 24 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Wives and Daughters higher: 4.3 vs 3.7 from 61 votes.
Wives and Daughters is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Women in Love.
Wives and Daughters is the easier read (Challenging), Women in Love more demanding (Demanding).

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