Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque vs TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Maces, Knights, Hysteria, Heroic Romances, Hermitages, Burial Vaults

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe · 1840 ★★★★☆ 4.1 276 pages · ≈ 5 h 07 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson)

TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson) Edgar Allan Poe · 1840 191 pages · ≈ 3 h 32 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

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

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