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Ambrose Bierce

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

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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

Born 1842
Died 1914?

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  • Cover of: The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: American

    First published in 1909 11 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition thelockandkeylib02043gut Cover of edition lockandkeylibrar09hawtrich Cover of edition lockkeylibrarycl10hawt Cover of edition lockandkeylibra06hawtgoog Cover of edition lockandkeylibra14hawtgoog
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  • Cover of: 75 Short Masterpieces

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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume V: Black beetles in amber

    First published in 1911 11 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition collectedworks0005bier Cover of edition cu31924021998830 Cover of edition collectedworksof05bierrich Cover of edition collectedworks05bieriala Cover of edition collworks05bierrich Cover of edition collectedworksa09biergoog Cover of edition collectedworksof0005bier
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  • Cover of: The letters of Ambrose Bierce

    First published in 1922 10 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition thelettersofambr36218gut Cover of edition ambrosebierce00bierrich Cover of edition lettersofambrose00bier_0
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume IV: Shapes of Clay

    First published in 1910 10 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition collectedworksof04bierrich Cover of edition collectedworks0004bier Cover of edition collworks04bierrich Cover of edition shapesofclay00bieriala Cover of edition collectedworksa12biergoog Cover of edition collectedworksof0004bier Cover of edition collectedworksof0003ambr
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  • Cover of: The Parenticide Club

    First published in 1989 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition theparenticidecl03715gut
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  • Cover of: The Norton reader

    First published in 1965 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition nortonreaderanth00east Cover of edition nortonreader0000unse
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  • Cover of: A Subtreasury of American Humor

    First published in 1941 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition subtreasuryofame00whit
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  • Cover of: The Best Psychic Stories

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  • Cover of: The house of the nightmare, and other eerie tales

    First published in 1967 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition houseofnightmar00line Cover of edition houseofnightmare0000line Cover of edition houseofnightmare0000unse_x0j2
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  • Cover of: Mystery Stories

    First published in 1996 9 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition mystifyingsinist0000cres Cover of edition mystifyingsinist0000unse Cover of edition mysterystories00cres Cover of edition mysterystories0000unse_q0w9 Cover of edition mysterystories0000unse_j8s2 Cover of edition mysterystories0000unse_y0w7
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume X: The Opinionator

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  • Cover of: Flight or Fright

    First published in 2018 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition flightorfright0000king Cover of edition flightorfright170000step Cover of edition flightorfright170000unse Cover of edition flightorfright170000unse_c6g1
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  • Cover of: The Ghouls

    First published in 1971 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition ghouls0000unse Cover of edition ghouls00hain Cover of edition lccn_0813813650_0 Cover of edition ghouls0000unse_u0f7
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  • Cover of: Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp, Cavalry Troop, and Cattle Ranch

    First published in 1994 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume X: TANGENTIAL VIEWS

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  • Cover of: War With the Robots

    First published in 1984 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition machinesthatthin00asim
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume XI: Antepenultimata

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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume XII: In motley: Kings of beasts / Two administrations / Miscellaneous.

    First published in 1912 8 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition collectedworks12bieriala Cover of edition cu31924021998905 Cover of edition collectedworks12bier Cover of edition collectedworksof12bierrich Cover of edition collectedworksa11biergoog Cover of edition trent_0116400781856_12
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  • Cover of: Masterpieces of terror and the supernatural: a treasury of spellbinding tales old & new

    First published in 1985 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition masterpiecesofte00kaye Cover of edition masterpiecesofte00kayerich
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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

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, short stories, American literature, meaning of love, selfhood, Short stories, freedom, Children's fiction, American Horror tales, Horror tales, self-fulfilment, horror, Horror stories, first-person narrative
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, Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Chênière Caminada, Grand Isle, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico
People
Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Désirée, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Charles Marlowe, Irene Marlowe, Jenner Brenning, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher
Time
19th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, Civil War, Antebellum era, 1600s, 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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