The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales vs The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Sphinx / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Aristocracy, First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales
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The verdict
- Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
- The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 8 for The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Sphinx / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson).
- The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Sphinx / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) is the easier read (Light), The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales more demanding (Moderate).