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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: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    First published in 1980 74 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition anoccurrenceatow00375gut Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_l8d3 Cover of edition isbn_9781549713323 Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_w8z0
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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 moral life: an introductory reader in ethics and literature

    First published in 2000 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Language of Literature: American Literature: Grade 11

    First published in 2001 4 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition languageoflitera0000unse_t7q4 Cover of edition languageoflitera0000arth_r8u0 Cover of edition languageoflitera00appl_4
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  • Cover of: The American Literary Tradition: 1607/1899

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition americanliterary00glen
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  • Cover of: Literature : An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing: Part 1: Fiction

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780558796631
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  • Cover of: The range of literature: an introduction to prose and verse

    First published in 1960 5 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition rangeofliteratur00schn Cover of edition rangeofliteratur0000elis Cover of edition rangeofliteratur0000unse_j1s1
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  • Cover of: The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published

    First published in 2009 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition vampirearchivesm0000unse
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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: Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing

    First published in 2006 12 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780205686117 Cover of edition literatureintrod0000kenn Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_k5i0
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli00_7za
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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: 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: Can Such Things Be?

    First published in 1924 51 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition cansuchthingsbe04366gut Cover of edition cansuchthingsbe0000bier
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume VI: The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter / Fantastic Fables

    First published in 1907 20 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition collectedworks0006bier Cover of edition collectedworks06bieriala Cover of edition collworks06bierrich Cover of edition collectedworksof06bierrich Cover of edition cu31924021998848 Cover of edition collectedworksof0006bier
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  • Cover of: Points of view: an anthology of short stories

    First published in 1960 21 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition pointsofviewment0000jame Cover of edition pointsofviewanth0000jame Cover of edition pointsofviewanth00toro Cover of edition pointsofviewanth00moff
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  • Cover of: Studies in the short story.

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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: The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing

    First published in 2010 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_v1m2 Cover of edition literatureintrod0000unse_a3s1
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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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