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Great American Short Stories vs Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle): Which Should You Read?

Cover of Great American Short Stories Great American Short Stories Wallace Stegner · 1957 511 pages · ≈ 9 h 28 m · Moderate
Psychology
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Cover of Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle) Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle) Edgar Allan Poe · 1922 145 pages · ≈ 2 h 41 m · Challenging
Mystery
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The verdict

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle) ≈ 2h vs 9h for Great American Short Stories New to the genre? Great American Short Stories Moderate vs Challenging for Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle)

Reception

Great American Short StoriesPoe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle)
Editions 21 2
Pages 511 145

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