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The stories featured in this collection detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. Bierce served as a union soldier during the Civil War and his experiences as a soldier...
In this collection of satiric essays, Ambrose Bierce offers his provoking outlook on a series of subjects. This collection includes, "Civilization", "Immortality", "The Death Penalty", "The Gift o' Gab",...
"The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" tells the tale of 17th century monk Ambrosius, who meets a young girl named Benedicta, a hangman's daughter, who is shunned by her community because of her father's...
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 9th...
"Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories" features fifteen ghost and horror stories. Included in this collection are: "The Way of Ghosts", "Soldier Folk", "Some Haunted Houses" and "Mysterious Disappeances"....
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 "Cobwebs from an Empty Skull," Ambrose Bierce offers a compelling collection of satirical essays that deftly critique the absurdities of human existence and societal conventions. Bierce's sharp wit...
The matter of which this volume is composed appeared originally in the columns of "FUN," when the wisdom of the Fables and the truth of the Tales tended to wholesomely diminish the levity of that jocund...
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War....
The writer of these pages is not foolish enough to suppose that he can escape strong and bitter condemnation for his utterances. On this score he is not disposed to be greatly troubled; and for these...
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" or "A Dead Man's Dream" is a short story, which is set during the Civil War, is famous for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Bierce's abandonment of strict...
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...
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,...
‘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...
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.
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Ambrose Bierce , best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce vanished while an observer with Pancho Villa's army.Four grotesque short stories...
A tragic but very captivating tale of a monk in the 17th century.
Civilization, Immortality, the Death Penalty, these are just a few of the essays enclosed in this collection, A Cynic Looks At Life. Written by Ambrose Bierce, these essays continue to be thought provoking,...
A veteran of some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce went on to become one of the darkest and most death haunted of American writers, the blackest of black humorists. This volume...
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