Bierce: 383 books

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.

Bierce’s Civil War tale Killed At Resaca” describes a reckless but gallant Union officer known for facing the hottest fire of any battle upright and in full uniform. His fellow soldiers wonder at his casual disregard for his own life and safety. When he is finally killed after a demonstration...

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,...

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.

A collection of essays in which Bierce talks about modern civilization and all its faults, including the death penalty, emancipated women, immortality, civilisation and more.

In reproducing these letters we have followed as nearly as possible the original manuscripts. This inevitably has caused a certain lack of uniformity throughout the volume, as in the case of the names of magazines and newspapers, which are sometimes italicized and sometimes in quotation marks.

A collection of spine-chilling tales from a master of horror, Can Such Things Be? is brimming with supernatural occurrences, shifting perspectives, and the psychological twists and turns for which Bierce is famous. Including such offerings as “The Death of Halpin Frayser,” “Moxon’s Master,”...