Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries vs The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories
Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
The two brothers (Anpu and Bata) / Anonymous -- Setna and the magic book / Anonymous -- Eumæus' : talk / Homer -- The country mouse and the town mouse / Æsop -- King Rhampsinitus and the thief / Herodotus -- Phineus and…
vs
The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Angel of the Odd Assignation Balloon-Hoax Berenice morella Black Cat Bon-Bon Business Man Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Domain of Arnheim Eleonora Facts in the Case of M.…
The verdict
- The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe is the quickest read — about 12 hours vs 19 for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe
≈ 12h vs 19h for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
New to the genre?
The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Moderate vs Challenging for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
Scores by source
| Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries | The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.7 (33) |
Reception
| Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries | The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 33 |
| Editions | 43 | 2 |
| Want to read | — | 64 |
| Reading it now | — | 6 |
| Written reviews | — | 4 |
| Pages | 1076 | 684 |