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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales" is a collection of 23 stories by the American author Ambrose Bierce. It consists of some of the author’s best known works such as "An Occurrence at...
Joel Hetman Jr. is summoned home because his mother was found dead. The only thing his father saw was an unknown man fleeing their home. The murderer was never found and the crime case turned to a mystery....
Halpin Frayser awakes from a dreamless sleep and the only thing in his mind was the words "Catherine Larue". Frayer feels a shiver down his spine because this was not the first strange thing he had experienced...
Accadde al ponte di Owl Creek è un racconto breve ambientato durante la guerra Civile americana. Un fatto di cronaca, al ponte sull’Owl Creek è del 1891, e ci cala direttamente nel cuore del trauma originario....
La strada al chiaro di luna è un racconto gotico dell’orrore apparso per la prima volta sul cosmopolitan nel 1907. La storia presenta la storia dell’omicidio di una donna dalla prospettiva del figlio,...
Il maestro di Moxon è un racconto breve ma ricco di suggestioni. Protagonisti sono Moxon, inventore e filosofo dilettante, e la sua creatura meccanica: un automa giocatore di scacchi. Lo spunto narrativo parte...
‘100 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce’ is a selection of thoughts, observations, and sayings by one of the most inventive minds of the 19th century. Bierce’s obsession with the preposterousness of death takes...
Ambrose Bierce est un écrivain et journaliste américain, assez peu connu en France. Il est essentiellement connu comme l'auteur du Dictionnaire du Diable et de nouvelles d'humour noir relevant fréquemment...
Anatole France est un écrivain français, considéré comme l'un des plus grands de l'époque de la Troisième République, dont il a également été un des plus importants critiques littéraires. Il devient une...
Prima di partire per il Messico, dal quale non avrebbe fatto ritorno, "Bitter" Bierce lasciò dietro di sé la fama di intransigente critico dei suoi tempi e più di novanta racconti, perfetta espressione...
"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself.
In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's...
Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however,...
"Can Such Things Be?" is a thrillingly creepy collection of short stories from one of the 19th century’s masters of horror. Sit yourself by a campfire or candlelight and enjoy these 24 eerie stories,...
A man named Manton killed his wife and his two children and managed to get away with it. Ten years later he returns to the house where the crime was committed. He is recognized by the locals and he is...
Monk Ambrosius arrives at a rural monastery and the last thing he expects to happen is to be drawn into sympathy with a young girl. Her name is Benedicta, the local hangman’s daughter. Ambrosius is not...
In "Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults," Ambrose Bierce delves into the intricacies of language and the common pitfalls that hinder effective communication. Written with his signature...
In "A Cynic Looks at Life," Ambrose Bierce presents a compelling exploration of human nature through the lens of his characteristic sarcasm and wit. This collection of aphorisms and observations critiques...
In 'A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky', Ambrose Bierce masterfully intertwines themes of perception, identity, and the harsh realities of life against the backdrop of the American Civil War....
In "The Parenticide Club," Ambrose Bierce weaves a darkly satirical narrative that delves into the moral complexities of familial obligation and the extremes of human behavior. Through a series of intertwining...
In "The Damned Thing," Ambrose Bierce crafts a chilling tale that intertwines themes of perception, reality, and existential dread. Through a first-person narrative, the story unfolds a gruesome account...
In "The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays," Ambrose Bierce presents a compelling collection of essays that delve into the complexities of human nature, morality, and the absurdities of society. Characterized...
On a warm afternoon in the fall of 1861 Carter Druse is on picket duty on top of a cliff overlooking a valley where five regiments of the Union army are resting. The enemy is near, and the Union force...
In 'A Cynic Looks at Life' by Ambrose Bierce, the reader is taken on a journey through the cynical lens of the author as he scrutinizes various aspects of life, society, and human nature. Bierce's writing...
This carefully crafted ebook: "A Cynic Looks at Life (Essays on the death penalty, emancipated women and more)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Ambrose...
Ambrose Bierce never owned a horse, a carriage, or a car; he was a renter who never owned his own home. He was a man on the move, a man who traveled light: and in the end he rode, with all of his possessions,...
Of the many causes that conspired to bring about the lamentable failure of "self-government" in ancient America the most general and comprehensive was, of course, the impracticable nature of the system...
Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and...
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