El gato negro y otros cuentos (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter) vs Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories]: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Daggers, Abbeys, Fear, American Short stories

Cover of El gato negro y otros cuentos (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter)

El gato negro y otros cuentos (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter) Edgar Allan Poe · 1994 Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 337 pages · ≈ 6 h 14 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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