Great American Short Stories [48 stories] vs Great American Short Stories: Which Should You Read?

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Great American Short Stories [48 stories] Washington Irving · 1984 699 pages · ≈ 12 h 57 m · Challenging

Anthology contains: The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- Young Goodman Brown Rappaccini's daughter The fall of the House of Usher The gold bug -- Pit and the pendulum The cask of…

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Great American Short Stories Paul Negri · 2002 248 pages · ≈ 4 h 36 m · Moderate

Contents: Nathaniel Hawthorne: Young Goodman Brown (1835) -- Edgar Allan Poe: The tell-tale heart (1843) -- Herman Melville: Bartleby (1856) -- Bret Harte: The luck of Roaring Camp (1870) -- Stephen Crane: The bride…

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The verdict

Great American Short Stories is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 12 for Great American Short Stories [48 stories].

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Great American Short Stories ≈ 4h vs 12h for Great American Short Stories [48 stories] New to the genre? Great American Short Stories Moderate vs Challenging for Great American Short Stories [48 stories]

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Great American Short Stories [48 stories] vs Great American Short Stories: Which Should You Read?

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