Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Tell-Tale Heart) 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 Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Tell-Tale Heart)

Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Tell-Tale Heart) Edgar Allan Poe · 1990 89 pages · ≈ 1 h 39 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

Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Tell-Tale Heart) is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories].

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