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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: Understanding fiction

    First published in 1745 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition understandingfic0000clea
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  • Cover of: The devil's dictionary

    First published in 1840 308 editions in 8 languages — 36 previewable Cover of edition collectedworks0007bier Cover of edition thedevilsdiction00972gut Cover of edition cu31924021998855 Cover of edition collectedworksof07bierrich Cover of edition devils_dictionary_librivox Cover of edition collectedworks07bieriala Cover of edition devilsdictionary1056bier Cover of edition isbn_9871864763568 Cover of edition isbn_9781491292860
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  • Cover of: The fiend's delight

    First published in 1872 26 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition fiends_delight_2102_librivox Cover of edition synapseml_gutenberg_the_fiend_s_delight_by_ambrose_bierce
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  • Cover of: The Buyers' manual and business guide: being a description of the leading business houses, manufactories, inventions, etc., of the Pacific coast, together with copious and readable selections, chiefly from California writers

    First published in 1872 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California (Principle Works of Ambrose Gwinett Bierce)

    First published in 1872 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

    First published in 1874 70 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition cobwebsfromanemp12793gut
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  • Cover of: The dance of death

    First published in 1877 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition danceofdeath00bier Cover of edition dancedeath00rulogoog
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  • Cover of: The dance of death

    First published in 1877 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dance Of Life (Notable American Authors Series - Part I)

    First published in 1877 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cobwebs: being the fables of Zambri, the Parsee

    First published in 1884 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mark Twain's library of humor

    First published in 1888 16 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition cihm_46494 Cover of edition marktwainslibra00kembgoog Cover of edition marktwainslibrar0000unse Cover of edition marktwainslibrar00twai Cover of edition marktwainslibrar0000twai
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  • Cover of: the boarded window

    First published in 1891 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tales of soldiers and civilians

    First published in 1891 21 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition talesofsoldiers00bierrich Cover of edition talesofsoldiersc00bierrich Cover of edition talesofsoldiers00bierrich Cover of edition talesofsoldiersc1891bier
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  • Cover of: Black beetles in amber

    First published in 1892 25 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition blackbeetles00bierrich Cover of edition blackbeetlesinam12977gut Cover of edition isbn_9781406908770
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  • Cover of: THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

    First published in 1892 21 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition monk_hangman_1202_librivox Cover of edition monkhangmansdaug01bier Cover of edition monkandhangmans00biergoog Cover of edition monkhangmansdaug00bier Cover of edition monkhangmansdaug0000ambr
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  • Cover of: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

    First published in 1892 13 editions in 1 language — 12 previewable Cover of edition inmidstoflifetal00bierrich Cover of edition newinmidstoflife00bieruoft Cover of edition inmidstoflifetal00bieriala Cover of edition bierinmidstoflif00bierrich Cover of edition lifetalinmidstof00bierrich Cover of edition inmidstoflifetal00bieruoft Cover of edition inmidstoflifebya00bier Cover of edition inmidstoflifeta00bier Cover of edition inmidstoflife00bier
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  • Cover of: Can such things be?

    First published in 1893 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

    First published in 1898 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fantastic Fables

    First published in 1899 108 editions in 4 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition fantasticfables00bierrich Cover of edition fantasticfables00374gut Cover of edition fantasticfables01bier Cover of edition fantastischefabe0000bier Cover of edition fabulasfantastic0000bier Cover of edition fantasticfables00bier Cover of edition fantastischefabe0000bier Cover of edition fantasticfables00bier_378
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  • Cover of: Shapes of clay

    First published in 1903 24 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition shapesofclay00bier Cover of edition shapesofclay12658gut
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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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  • 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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