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Ambrose Bierce

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

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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.

    Cover of edition writeitrightlitt00bierrich Cover of edition writeitright12474gut Cover of edition write_right_0806_librivox Cover of edition writeitrightlitt0000bier Cover of edition ambrosebierceswr0000bier First published in 1909 — 79 editions
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  • Cover of: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    Cover of edition anoccurrenceatow00375gut Cover of edition isbn_9781549713323 Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_w8z0 Cover of edition occurrenceatowlc0000bier_l8d3 First published in 1980 — 74 editions
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  • Cover of: Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

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  • Cover of: Can Such Things Be?

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  • Cover of: Great Short Stories of the World

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  • Cover of: Famous Modern Ghost Stories

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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

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  • Cover of: The collected works of Ambrose Bierce ...

    First published in 1909 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: Mark Twain's Library of Humour

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  • Cover of: The Fiend's Delight

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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: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

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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: Black beetles in amber

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  • Cover of: Shapes of Clay

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  • Cover of: A Subtreasury of American humor

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Born 1842
Died 1914?

Subjects

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

Places

United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Carcosa, Mississippi, San Francisco, Yoknapatawpha County, L’Abri, New York, Wall Street, England, India, Amazon rainforest, Araby, Araby bazaar, Caribbean, North Richmond Street, 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, 1890, 1692, 1860s, 1888, 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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