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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: The devil's dictionary

    First published in 1840 307 editions in 8 languages — 36 previewable Cover of edition collectedworks0007bier Cover of edition cu31924021998855 Cover of edition collectedworksof07bierrich Cover of edition collectedworks07bieriala Cover of edition devilsdictionary1056bier Cover of edition thedevilsdiction00972gut Cover of edition devils_dictionary_librivox Cover of edition devilsdictionary0000bier_n3a9 Cover of edition collectedworksof0007bier
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  • Cover of: Fantastic fables

    First published in 1899 108 editions in 4 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition fantasticfables01bier Cover of edition fantasticfables00374gut Cover of edition synapseml_gutenberg_fantastic_fables_by_ambrose_bierce Cover of edition fantasticfables00bier Cover of edition fantastischefabe0000bier Cover of edition fantastischefabe0000bier Cover of edition fabulasfantastic0000bier Cover of edition fantasticfables00bier_378
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  • Cover of: A cynic looks at life

    First published in 1912 98 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition acyniclooksatlif16340gut Cover of edition cyniclooksatlife_1403_librivox
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  • Cover of: Write it right.: A little blacklist of literary faults.

    First published in 1909 75 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition writeitrightlitt00bierrich Cover of edition writeitright12474gut Cover of edition write_right_0806_librivox Cover of edition writeitrightlitt0000bier Cover of edition ambrosebierceswr0000bier
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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 synapseml_gutenberg_an_occurrence_at_owl_creek_bridge_by_bie Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_l8d3 Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_w8z0 Cover of edition isbn_9781549713323
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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 cobwebsfromanemptyskull_1511_librivox
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  • Cover of: Can Such Things Be?

    First published in 1924 51 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition can_such_things_be_1205_librivox Cover of edition cansuchthingsbe0000bier
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  • Cover of: Great Short Stories of the World: an anthology selected from the literatures of all periods and countries

    First published in 1922 42 editions in 1 language — 18 previewable Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_d8v4 Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_o3k8 Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_u7j5 Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000barr Cover of edition bwb_W8-CAM-198 Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_i6s0 Cover of edition greatshortstorie00clar Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_q1h3 Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000clar
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  • Cover of: The collected works of Ambrose Bierce ...

    First published in 1909 30 editions in 1 language
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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: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

    First published in 1913 26 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition hanging_librivox
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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: Famous modern ghost stories

    First published in 1921 25 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition famousmodernghos15143gut
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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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  • Cover of: The Damned Thing

    First published in 2007 24 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition synapseml_gutenberg_the_damned_thing_by_ambrose_bierce
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  • Cover of: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

    First published in 1909 23 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition midstoflife00bierrich Cover of edition thecollectedwork13334gut Cover of edition inmidstoflifetal0000ambr Cover of edition ambrosebierceinm0000unse
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  • Cover of: The shadow on the dial: and other essays

    First published in 1909 21 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition shadowondialothe00bier Cover of edition shadowdialessay00bierrich Cover of edition theshadowonthedi25304gut Cover of edition synapseml_gutenberg_the_shadow_on_the_dial_and_other_essays Cover of edition shadowondialand00howegoog
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  • Cover of: The cynic's word book

    First published in 1906 21 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cynicswordbook00bier Cover of edition thecynicswordboo43951gut Cover of edition cynicswordbook00biergoog
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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 talesofsoldiersc1891bier Cover of edition talesofsoldiersc00bierrich Cover of edition ofsoldiersctales00bierrich
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  • Cover of: A son of the gods ; and, A horseman in the sky

    First published in 1907 20 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition sonofgodsandhors00bierrich Cover of edition ofgodsandhorsson00bierrich Cover of edition sonofgodsandhors00bier Cover of edition asonofthegodsand05661gut Cover of edition son_of_the_gods_horseman_sky_1604_librivox Cover of edition synapseml_gutenberg_a_son_of_the_gods_and_a_horseman_in_the
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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, Short stories, Imagination, Children's fiction, American Horror tales, meaning of love, selfhood, Horror tales, horror, freedom, first-person narrative, Horror stories, Detective and mystery stories
Places
United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Louisiana, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Carcosa, San Francisco, New York, Wall Street, England, India, L’Abri, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Italy, Padua, Toledo, University of Padua
People
Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Charles Marlowe, Ethelred, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Fortunato
Time
19th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, 1600s, Civil War, 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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