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Amusing and thought-provoking, this A-to-Z compendium outlines common oral and written gaffes. Ambrose Bierce, a celebrated literary wit, assembled his informative compilation in 1909 from many years of observations and notes. He advocates precision in language, offering alternatives to grammatical lapses and inaccurate word choices.Moneyed for Wealthy: «The moneyed men of New York.» One might as sensibly say, «The cattled men of Texas,» or, «The lobstered men of the fish market.»  Name for Title and Name: «His name was Mr. Smith.» Surely no babe was ever christened Mister.  Juncture means a joining, a junction; its use to signify a time, however critical, is absurd. «At this juncture the woman screamed.» In reading that account of it, we scream, too. Times and usages have changed considerably in the past century. Bierce's strict rules remain, however, a timeless source of interest for wordsmiths and lovers of language.

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Ambrose Bierce wrote stories so dramatically different from those of his contemporaries that they hardly seem like they were written in the nineteenth century. These original and innovative tales, most of which appeared in the 1880s and 1890s, constitute 23 examples of his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbarism and futility of bloodshed; horror stories with a keenly ironic edge; and sardonic «tall tales» of the Old West.The American Civil War was the defining experience of Bierce's life, and the battlefield ordeals from his service within the Union army contributed to his distinctive brand of cynical realism. This collection boasts the best of his Civil War tales, including «Chickamauga,» «A Horseman in the Sky,» and the author's much-imitated masterpiece, «An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.» Writers of mystery and suspense stories have long been influenced by Bierce's tales of the supernatural such as «The Moonlit Road,» and «The Eyes of the Panther.» This anthology also features «Oil of Dog,» «My Favorite Murder,» and other satirical fables that continue to captivate readers with their humor and ingenuity.

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Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits–a merciless «American Swift» whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this splendid «dictionary» of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation («The civility of envy»), Coward («One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs») and Historian («A broad-gauge gossip»). Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary. Anyone looking for a bon mot to enliven their next speech, paper or conversation will have a field day thumbing through what H. L. Mencken called «some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language.»

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Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America has produced. Dubbed «Bitter Bierce» for his vitriolic wit and biting satire, his fame rests largely on a celebrated compilation of barbed epigrams, The Devil's Dictionary, and a book of short stories (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, 1891). Most of the 16 selections in this volume have been taken from the latter collection.The stories in this edition include: «What I Saw at Shiloh,» «A Son of the Gods,» «Four Days in Dixie,» «One of the Missing,» «A Horseman in the Sky,» «The Coup de Grace,» «An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,» «The Story of Conscience,» «One Kind of Officer,» «Chickamauga,» and five more.Bierce's stories employ a buildup of suggestive realistic detail to produce grim and vivid tales often disturbing in their mood of fatalism and impending calamity. Hauntingly suggestive, they offer excellent examples of the author's dark pessimism and storytelling power.

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – 5100 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Devil's Dictionary • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Famous Modern Ghost Stories • The Damned Thing • The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all nations: American • The Collected Works of – Volume: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • Can Such Things Be? • Write It Right • The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce • Fantastic Fables • Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories • The Cynic's Word Book • The Collected Works of, Volume • A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky • The Dance of Death / by William Herman • Cobwebs from an Empty Skull • The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter and Adolphe Danziger de Castro • A Cynic Looks at Life • The Letters of • The Devil's Dictionary • The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays • The Parenticide Club • Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories • The Fiend's Delight • Black Beetles in Amber • Shapes of Clay • A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY • AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE • CHICKAMAUGA • A SON OF THE GODS • ONE OF THE MISSING • KILLED AT RESACA • THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH • THE COUP DE GRÂCE • PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER • AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS • THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE • ONE KIND OF OFFICER • ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN • GEORGE THURSTON • THE MOCKING-BIRD • CIVILIANS • THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE • AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE • THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST • THE APPLICANT • A WATCHER BY THE DEAD • THE MAN AND THE SNAKE • A HOLY TERROR • THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS • THE BOARDED WINDOW • A LADY FROM RED HORSE • THE EYES OF THE PANTHER • ASHES OF THE BEACON • THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW • THITHER • SONS OF THE FAIR STAR • AN INTERVIEW WITH GNARMAG-ZOTE • THE TAMTONIANS • MAROONED ON UG • THE DOG IN GANGEWAG • A CONFLAGRATION IN GHARGAROO • AN EXECUTION IN BATRUGIA • THE JUMJUM OF GOKEETLE-GUK • THE KINGDOM OF TORTIRRA • HITHER • FOR THE AHKOOND • JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR • BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY • ON A MOUNTAIN • WHAT I SAW OF SHILOH • A LITTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA • THE CRIME AT PICKETT’S MILL • FOUR DAYS IN DIXIE • WHAT OCCURRED AT FRANKLIN • ‘WAY DOWN IN ALABAM’ • WORKING FOR AN EMPRESS • ACROSS THE PLAINS • THE MIRAGE • A SOLE SURVIVOR • The Ways of Ghosts Present at a Hanging A Cold Greeting A Wireless Message An Arrest Soldier-Folk A Man with Two Lives Three and One are One A Baffled Ambuscade Two Military Executions Some Haunted Houses The Isle of Pines A Fruitless Assignment A Vine on a House At Old Man Eckert’s The Spook House The Other Lodgers The Thing at Nolan The Difficulty of Crossing a Field An Unfinished Race Charles Ashmore’s Trail Science to the Front • NEGLIGIBLE TALES A Bottomless Grave Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General The Widower Turmore The City of the Gone Away The Major's Tale Curried Cow A Revolt of the Gods The Baptism of Dobsho The Race at Left Bower The Failure of Hope & Wandel Perry Chumly's Eclipse A Providential Intimation Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap The Little Story
THE PARENTICIDE CLUB My Favorite Murder Oil of Dog An Imperfect Conflagration The Hypnotist
THE FOURTH ESTATE Mr. Masthead, Journalist Why I am not Editing «The Stinger» Corrupting the Press "The Bubble Reputation"
THE OCEAN WAVE A Shipwreckollection The Captain of «The Camel» The Man Overboard A Cargo af Cat
"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW The Prude in Letters and Life The Beating of the Blood There are Corns in Egypt A Reef in the Gabardine Enter a Troupe of Ancients, Dancing Cairo Revisited Japan Wear and Bombay Ducks In the Bottom of the Crucible Counsel for the Defense They all Dance Lust, Quoth'a Our Grandmothers' Legs
o THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL o CIVILIZATION o THE GAME OF POLITICS
o SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW o ARBITRATION o INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT o CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES o THE DEATH PENALTY o RELIGION o IMMORTALITY o OPPORTUNITY o CHARITY o EMANCIPATED WOMAN o THE OPPOSING SEX o THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT o A DISSERTATION ON DOGS o THE ANCESTRAL BOND o THE RIGHT TO WORK o THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

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