SiBurning,

Some of the Americana reminded me of Mark Twain without the edge that makes Twain enjoyable reading today. I've read a couple of the fantasy tales and they seem to take an awful long time to get to one image or idea--which is of course a hazard when reading early works in any genre. I have saved the 'good ones' until later, so here's hoping they hold up. I have never read "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" so I hope I'm not disappointed when I get to it.