Bierce Ambrose: 382 books

Cuento incluído del libro Cuentos de soldados y civiles Laertes editorial se complace en presentar la edición más completa posible del conjunto de relatos Cuentos de soldados y civiles, del legendario escritor norteamericano Ambrose Bierce, con un interesantísimo prefacio del editor y traductor...

Cuento incluído del libro Cuentos de soldados y civiles Laertes editorial se complace en presentar la edición más completa posible del conjunto de relatos Cuentos de soldados y civiles, del legendario escritor norteamericano Ambrose Bierce, con un interesantísimo prefacio del editor y traductor...

Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and fought with distinction for 4 years, even earning recognition of his bravery in the newspapers of the day for a daring rescue attempt of gravely wounded comrade. His wartime experiences greatly effected his later...

Questing after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again. He left behind him theDevil's Dictionary and a remarkable body of short fiction. This new collection gathers some of Bierce's finest stories, including the celebrated Civil...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters",...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters",...

Ambrose Bierce was an American writer who is best known for his realism. Often compared to Poe for the dark, realistic nature of his short stories, Bierce drew upon his Civil War experience as a soldier to write on a wide variety of subjects, and stories like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are still widely read.

Ambrose Bierce (1842 1914) was an American writer who also served the Union in the American Civil War. Bierce wrote extensively on what he had seen as a soldier in the war, including the popular short stories An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Chickamauga. This version of Bierces Chickamauga includes a table of contents.

Ambrose Bierce (1842 1914) was an American writer who also served the Union in the American Civil War. Bierce wrote extensively on what he had seen as a soldier in the war including the popular short stories An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Chickamauga. This version of Bierces What I Saw of Shiloh includes a table of contents.

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (sometimes called "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge") is a famous short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was originally published in 1890, and first anthologized in Bierce's 1891 collection, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The story is famous for its irregular time sequence...

Ambrose Bierce’s An Affair of Outposts” mixes melodrama with graphic combat writing to tell the story of an ill-fated love triangle. Betrayed by his wife, a young man with southern sympathies requests a commission in the Union Army from the Governor of his State. The Governor is reluctant...

Ambrose Bierce is best known for writing "The Devil's Dictionary," He is also known for being unsentimental, dark, and so full of vehemence that he was nicknamed "Bitter Bierce." "A Cynic Looks at Life" is a collection of essays in which he talks about modern civilization...

A partir de su propia experiencia como militar, Bierce nos ofrece unos relatos en los que el horror metafísico adquiere una veracidad y presencia absolutamente palpables. Una gran obra sobre el drama eterno de la guerra.

Ambrose Bierce’s Chickamauga” describes the 1863 Civil War battle in Northern Georgia known for bitter fighting and heavy casualties. A child stumbles onto the battlefield and witnesses the horror of heavily wounded combatants retreating and staggering to their death. Dreamlike and surreal,...