Derniers Contes vs The Premature Burial: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Unconsciousness, Phobias, Catalepsy, Horror
Derniers Contes
La vie d'Edgar Allan Poe n'est plus a raconter: ses derniers traducteurs francais, s'inspirant des travaux definitifs de son nouvel editeur J.H. Ingram, l'ont eloquemment venge des calomnies trop facilement acceptees…
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The Premature Burial
“There are certain themes of which the interest is all–absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.”
"The Premature Burial" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Its main character expresses concern about being buried alive. This fear was…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Premature Burial is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 2 for Derniers Contes.
- The Premature Burial has the widest readership — 4628 ratings behind its score.
- The Premature Burial runs the darker storyline; Derniers Contes stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Derniers Contes | The Premature Burial | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (11) | 3.8 (4628) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (18) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (6) |
Reception
| Derniers Contes | The Premature Burial | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 4628 |
| Editions | 15 | 45 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1424 |
| Reading it now | — | 55 |
| Written reviews | — | 457 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1415 |
| Pages | 153 | 32 |