Cuentos (Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Lionizing / Masque of the Red Death / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait) vs The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories]: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Nobility, Juvenile audience

Cover of Cuentos (Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Lionizing / Masque of the Red Death / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait)

Cuentos (Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Lionizing / Masque of the Red Death / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait) Edgar Allan Poe · 1999 209 pages · ≈ 3 h 52 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories]

The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories] Robert Silverberg · 1983 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Cuentos (Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Lionizing / Masque of the Red Death / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait) is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories].

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