Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway vs Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway Corinne Demas · 2004 ★★★★☆ 4.0 560 pages · ≈ 10 h 22 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter) is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway.
Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway is the easier read (Moderate), Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter) more demanding (Challenging).