The Best American Tales
Published in 1907, The Best American Tales is a gothic fiction and horror story collection by William Peterfield Trent, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Much of the action takes place in Padua and India. Characters include Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti and Beatrice Rappaccini. Readers will find themes of burial vaults, Catalepsy, dragons and hermitages.
It runs to roughly 350 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.
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Who wrote The Best American Tales?
The Best American Tales was written by William Peterfield Trent, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne and first published in 1907.
What genre is The Best American Tales?
It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Dragon Fiction.
How long is The Best American Tales?
The median edition has 350 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Best American Tales?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I (Assignation / Berenice / Bon-Bon / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent into the Maelstrom / Devil in the Belfry / Duc De L'Omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / How to Write a Blackwood Article / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Loss of Breath / Man That Was Used Up / Metzengerstein / Morella / MS. Found in a Bottle / Predicament / Shadow / Silence / Tale of Jerusalem / Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall / William Wilson), The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. I and Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter).
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