Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway vs The Evil Image: Which Should You Read?
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Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway
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Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe…
The Evil Image
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xi • General Introduction (The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry) • essay by Patricia L. Skarda and Nora Crow Jaffe xxv • Critical Studies of the Gothic • essay by uncredited 2 • The…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway has the widest readership — 729 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway | The Evil Image | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (729) | 4.4 (5) |
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Reception
| Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway | The Evil Image | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 729 | 5 |
| Editions | 2 | 3 |
| Want to read | — | 29 |
| Pages | 560 | 479 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway or The Evil Image?
Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway 4.0/5, The Evil Image 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway or The Evil Image?
The Evil Image is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Evil Image (479 pages, ≈ 8 h 52 m); Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway (560 pages, ≈ 10 h 22 m).
Which is harder to read: Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway or The Evil Image?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway: Moderate; The Evil Image: Moderate.