Old World Romances (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Hop-Frog / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Pit and the Pendulum / Tale of the Ragged Mountains) vs Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories]: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Daggers, Abbeys, Fear, American Short stories

Cover of Old World Romances (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Hop-Frog / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Pit and the Pendulum / Tale of the Ragged Mountains)

Old World Romances (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Hop-Frog / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Pit and the Pendulum / Tale of the Ragged Mountains) Edgar Allan Poe · 2004 108 pages · ≈ 2 h 00 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 337 pages · ≈ 6 h 14 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Old World Romances (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Hop-Frog / Masque of the Red Death / Metzengerstein / Pit and the Pendulum / Tale of the Ragged Mountains) is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories].

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