Tales of Mystery and Imagination vs The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales: Which Should You Read?

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

Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe · 1921 476 pages · ≈ 8 h 49 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1997 ★★★★☆ 3.9 245 pages · ≈ 4 h 32 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

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