Le chat noir et autres nouvelles (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tell-Tale Heart) vs The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Le chat noir et autres nouvelles (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tell-Tale Heart)

Le chat noir et autres nouvelles (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tell-Tale Heart) Edgar Allan Poe · 1991 193 pages · ≈ 3 h 34 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe

The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1981 ★★★★☆ 4.3 684 pages · ≈ 12 h 40 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Le chat noir et autres nouvelles (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Tell-Tale Heart) is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 12 for The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

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