Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] vs Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Tell-Tale Heart): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories

Cover of Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems]

Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 309 pages · ≈ 5 h 43 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Tell-Tale Heart)

Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Tell-Tale Heart) Edgar Allan Poe · 1996 44 pages · ≈ 49 min · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Tell-Tale Heart) is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems].

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