Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] vs Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories]: 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 Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1909 374 pages · ≈ 6 h 56 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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