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Ambrose Bierce

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

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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

Born 1842
Died 1914?

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  • Cover of: The devil's dictionary
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  • Cover of: Fantastic fables
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  • Cover of: A cynic looks at life
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  • Cover of: Write it right.: A little blacklist of literary faults.
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  • Cover of: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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  • Cover of: Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
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    Cover of edition cobwebsfromanemptyskull_1511_librivox First published in 1874 — 71 editions
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  • Cover of: Can Such Things Be?
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    Cover of edition cansuchthingsbe04366gut Cover of edition cansuchthingsbe0000bier First published in 1924 — 51 editions
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  • Cover of: Famous Modern Ghost Stories
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  • Cover of: Great Short Stories of the World
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  • Cover of: Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter. Fantastic Fables. Fables from Fun. Aesopus Emendatus. Old Saws with New Teeth. Fables in Rhyme

    First published in 2008 — 40 editions
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  • Cover of: The collected works of Ambrose Bierce ...

    First published in 1909 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: The fiend's delight
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  • Cover of: Mark Twain's Library of Humour
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  • Cover of: The monk and the hangman's daughter
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  • Cover of: The Damned Thing
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    Cover of edition thedamnedthingfr23172gut First published in 2007 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume I: Ashes Of The Beacon, Land Beyond The Blow, For The Ahkoond, John Smith, Liberator, Bits Of Autobiography
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    Cover of edition collectedworks0001bier Cover of edition cu31924021998798 Cover of edition collectedworksof0000ambr_j3n5 Cover of edition thecollectedwork13541gut Cover of edition collectedworksof0001bier First published in 1909 — 26 editions
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  • Cover of: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
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    Cover of edition hanging_librivox First published in 1913 — 26 editions
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  • Cover of: Shapes of Clay
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  • Cover of: Black beetles in amber
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  • Cover of: A Subtreasury of American Humor
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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

Born 1842
Died 1914?

Subjects

Fiction, Classic Literature, History, hanging, Union, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Juvenile audience, civil war, Short Stories, short story, Imagination, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short stories, American literature, self-fulfilment, Short stories, American Horror tales, Children's fiction, Horror tales, horror, Collections, Literature

Places

United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, San Francisco, Carcosa, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, L’Abri, New York, Wall Street, England, India, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Amazon rainforest, Araby, Caribbean, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet

People

Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Désirée, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Armand Aubigny, Charles Marlowe, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, La Blanche, Sandrine

Time

1861-65, 19th century, 1861-1865, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, 1600s, Carnival, 20th century, American Civil War, carnival, 1692, 1860s, 1888, 1890, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 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
  • Amrbose Bierce

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