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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: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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  • Cover of: The shadow on the dial: and other essays

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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume VIII: Negligible Tales / On With the Dance / Epigrams

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  • Cover of: The cynic's word book

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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume VI: The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter / Fantastic Fables

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  • Cover of: Points of view: an anthology of short stories

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  • Cover of: Tales of soldiers and civilians

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  • Cover of: A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

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  • Cover of: House on the Borderland

    First published in 2008 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Great American Short Stories

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  • Cover of: The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume II: In the midst of life (tales of soldiers and civilians)

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  • Cover of: The great modern American stories

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  • Cover of: The best ghost stories

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  • Cover of: Future perfect: American science fiction of the nineteenth century

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  • Cover of: Can such things be?

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  • Cover of: The Book of fantasy

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  • Cover of: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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  • Cover of: Literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing

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  • Cover of: The Range of Literature

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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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