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Ambrose Bierce

1842 - 1914?

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.

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  • Cover of: Masterpieces of terror and the supernatural: a treasury of spellbinding tales old & new

    First published in 1985 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition masterpiecesofte00kaye Cover of edition masterpiecesofte00kayerich
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  • Cover of: Can Such Things Be?: Large Print

    First published in 2019 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume 8

    First published in 2011 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Campfire Chillers

    First published in 1980 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition campfirechillers0000unse Cover of edition classicchillers0000free
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  • Cover of: 21 Great Stories

    First published in 1969 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition 21greatstories0000lass Cover of edition 21greatstories00lass
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  • Cover of: 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

    First published in 1978 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition 100greatsciencef0000unse
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  • Cover of: The edge of the chair

    First published in 1967 7 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition edgeofchairantho00kahn Cover of edition edgeofchair0000unse Cover of edition isbn_9780060122386 Cover of edition edgeofchaira00kahn
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  • Cover of: The InterActive Reader

    First published in 2000 7 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition interactivereade0000unse_p4h4 Cover of edition interactivereade00appl_0 Cover of edition isbn_9780618666454 Cover of edition interactivereade00mcdo
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  • Cover of: The sardonic humor of Ambrose Bierce

    First published in 1963 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition sardonichumorofa0000bier
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  • Cover of: Classic American Short Stories

    First published in 1965 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Scary!

    First published in 1998 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition scarystoriesthat00pete Cover of edition scarystoriesthat00annm_0
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  • Cover of: Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce : Volume 1: Large Print

    First published in 2019 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume X: The Opinionator

    First published in 1911 6 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition collectedworksof0000ambr_e4n7 Cover of edition collectedworks10bieriala Cover of edition collectedworksof10bierrich Cover of edition collectedworks10bier Cover of edition collectedworksof0010bier
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  • Cover of: The Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories

    First published in 1985 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Understanding Fiction

    First published in 1959 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition understandingfic0000unse Cover of edition understandingfic0000broo
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  • Cover of: The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats

    First published in 1992 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition sophisticatedcat0000unse_i9o7 Cover of edition sophisticatedcat0000unse
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  • Cover of: A Horseman in the Sky / A Watcher by the Dead / The Man and the Snake

    First published in 1920 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The complete short stories of Ambrose Bierce

    First published in 1970 6 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition completeshortsto0000bier Cover of edition completeshortsto00bier Cover of edition completeshortsto0000unse_a8t4
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  • Cover of: Crime and crime again

    First published in 1986 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mysteryinmainstr00pron
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  • Cover of: Twenty-one letters of Ambrose Bierce.

    First published in 1922 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cu31924021986033
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Subjects
Fiction, Classic Literature, History, hanging, Union, American Civil War, Juvenile audience, Confederate States of America, civil war, Short Stories, short story, short stories, American literature, Imagination, Short stories, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, Children's fiction, American Horror tales, Horror tales, horror, self-fulfilment, Horror stories, first-person narrative
Places
United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Louisiana, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Carcosa, San Francisco, L’Abri, New York, Wall Street, England, India, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Chênière Caminada, Grand Isle, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico
People
Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Désirée, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Charles Marlowe, Ethelred, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher
Time
19th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, Civil War, 1600s, Carnival, American Civil War, 20th century, carnival, 1692, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1860s, 1888, 1890, December, 17th century, 1889, 1895, 1920s, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942

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Alternative names

  • Ambrose Bierce
  • Dod Grile
  • William Herman
  • J. Milton Sloluck
  • Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
  • Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
  • Ambrose Ambrose Bierce
  • Ambrose Bierce Bierce
  • Bierce, Ambrose
  • Ambrose Gwinneth Bierce
  • Ambrose BIERCE
  • Bierce Ambrose
  • AMBROSE GWINETT BIERCE
  • Ambrose G. Bierce
  • Ambrose, Bierce
  • Biyeersi
  • Ambroce Bierce
  • Abrose Bierce
  • Ambroise Bierce
  • Bierce a.
  • A. Bierce
  • Bierce A.
  • Mr Ambrose Bierce
  • Ambrose AMBROSE BIERCE
  • BIERCE AMBROSE
  • Ambrose 1842-1914? Bierce
  • Ambrose [Gwinett] (1842-1914) Bierce
  • Ambrose (adapted Bierce
  • Ambroce Ambroce Bierce

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