Histoires Extraordinaires (Balloon-Hoax / Descent into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Mesmeric Revelation / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall) vs The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar: Which Should You Read?

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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Edgar Allan Poe · 1846 ★★★★☆ 4.0 26 pages · ≈ 29 min · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar higher: 4.0 vs 3.7 from 16 votes.
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Histoires Extraordinaires (Balloon-Hoax / Descent into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Mesmeric Revelation / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall).