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  • Poemas de barro
    Ambrose Bierce
    El maestro del relato corto y poeta satírico americano Ambrose Bierce, nacido en Ohio en 1842 y desaparecido en 1914, en sus días de gloria se ganaría el sobrenombre de «Bitter Bierce» (el amargo Bierce) como consecuencia de su enfoque sarcástico de la vida y de su visión grotesca de la condición humana tal y como se advierte en toda su creación literaria. Pese a ser la poesía ...
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    18,90 €

  • The Devil’s Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who spent decades ruffling feathers and drawing laughter with his witty opinion columns, poems, and definitions. Toward the end of hi...
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    12,06 €

  • The Devil’s Dictionary Illustrated
    Ambrose Bierce
    The Wall Street Journal wrote that The Devil’s Dictionary is 'probably the most brilliant work of satire written in America. And maybe one of the greatest in all of world literature.' The New York Times reviewed: 'It is a tour de force of no mean proportions, because it is possible to read it from cover to cover without being bored, so amusing are his unexpected turns of causti...
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    13,22 €

  • The Devil’s Dictionary Illustrated
    Ambrose Bierce
    The Wall Street Journal wrote that The Devil’s Dictionary is 'probably the most brilliant work of satire written in America. And maybe one of the greatest in all of world literature.' The New York Times reviewed: 'It is a tour de force of no mean proportions, because it is possible to read it from cover to cover without being bored, so amusing are his unexpected turns of causti...
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    24,93 €

  • Collected Fiction Volume 1
    Ambrose Bierce
    From the beginning of his career, Ambrose Bierce wrote stories of all different types-humorous sketches, satirical squibs, and weird tales. This volume prints some of his most memorable fiction-his tales of psychological and supernatural horror. Bierce was a profound student of the psychology of fear, and his tales depicted human beings succumbing to the fear of death ('A Watch...
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    21,40 €

  • Collected Fiction Volume 2
    Ambrose Bierce
    It took Ambrose Bierce some time to process his Civil War experiences and transmute them into fiction, but when he did so, beginning in the 1880s, he produced some of the most memorable stories to emerge out of that conflict. Many of these tales border on the weird, as in the celebrated 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' a masterful tale of psychological terror; the grisly 'Chic...
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    21,29 €

  • Collected Fiction Volume 3
    Ambrose Bierce
    Ambrose Bierce’s satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the excesses of the press; the corruption endemic in business; the absurdities of class distinctions; and so on. Several tales depict buffooneries on the open sea ('The Jeannette and the Corwin,' 'The History of Windbag the Sailor'), while ...
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    21,46 €

  • Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
    Ambrose Bierce
    In Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories, humor and horror paint a bleak picture of war, marked by violence, isolation and looming madness. Despite the subject matter, the macabre tone is balanced by the author’s satirical prose and signature levity.Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories is a literary collection from writer and veteran Ambrose Bierce. The...
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    19,31 €

  • Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
    Ambrose Bierce
    InTales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories, humor and horror paint a bleak picture of war, marked by violence, isolation and looming madness. Despite the subject matter, the macabre tone is balanced by the author’s satirical prose and signature levity.Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories is a literary collection from writer and veteran Ambrose Bierce. The ...
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    11,37 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Ambrose Bierce’s haunting 1890 short story An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge has a modern twist ending that never gets old. The narrative concerns the final thoughts of a Southern planter as he is being hanged by Union soldiers. In the brief period between the tightening of the noose and the actual breaking of his neck, something happens. The rope breaks and the man escapes. Or...
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    8,18 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Ambrose Bierce’s haunting Civil War story An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge has a twist ending that never gets old. The narrative concerns the final thoughts of a Southern planter as Union soldiers are hanging him. In the brief period between the tightening of the noose and the actual breaking of his neck, something happens. The rope breaks, and the man escapes. Or the man imag...
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    26,20 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading...'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge’...
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    12,59 €

  • The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
    Ambrose Bierce
    American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is one of the most famous and fascinating figures in all of American literature. He led an adventurous and eventful life, beginning with his birth in a log cabin, to his time as a Civil War soldier, followed by his career as an author and journalist, to finally his mysterious disappearance during the Mexican Revolution at age 71. ...
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    19,21 €

  • Syner i natten
    Ambrose Bierce / Arthur Machen / Edgar Allan Poe
    Välkommen in i skräckgalleriet:En kvinna säljer sin själ till dödsguden i utbyte mot en gränslös förmåga att döda.En äldre herre vill så gärna bli mördad. Drömmen går i uppfyllelse – men inte på det sätt han tänkt sig.En ung man vandrar i en mörk skog där träden droppar blod och kroppen efter hans döda moder väntar på honom.Doktorn i den sömniga förorten till London öppnar port...
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    25,69 €

  • The collected works of Ambrose Bierce (Volume XII)
    Ambrose Bierce
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve ...
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    13,96 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading… 'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge&#...
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    16,82 €

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Ambrose Bierce
    Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading… 'An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge' was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. The story starts with the protagonist standing bound at the bridge&#...
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    12,57 €

  • Syner i natten
    Ambrose Bierce / Arthur Machen / Edgar Allan Poe
    Välkommen in i skräckgalleriet:En kvinna säljer sin själ till dödsguden i utbyte mot en gränslös förmåga att döda.En äldre herre vill så gärna bli mördad. Drömmen går i uppfyllelse – men inte på det sätt han tänkt sig.En ung man vandrar i en mörk skog där träden droppar blod och kroppen efter hans döda moder väntar på honom.Doktorn i den sömniga förorten till London öppnar port...
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    19,81 €

  • The collected works of Ambrose Bierce (Volume III)
    Ambrose Bierce
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve ...
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    14,31 €

  • Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
    Ambrose Bierce
    Journalist, short story writer, poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America’s greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He wrote unsparingly and with haunting realism of his Civil War experiences. His finest and most famous Civil War writings are gathered in this volume of six essays and twenty stories, including 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' 'What...
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    10,54 €

  • AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
    Ambrose Bierce
    Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the pioneers, the legends and the giants of the literary world. Apart from being the voice of indie writers, we also want to introduce every reader to read all kinds of literature.In this ser...
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    11,00 €


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