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  1. The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, 2004-01-17
  2. Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Ambrose Bierce, 2009-10-04
  3. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (Classic Reprint) by Ambrose Bierce, 2009-07-04
  4. The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, 2002-01-03
  5. The Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Bierce, 2009-10-04
  6. Essential Bierce: A Selection of the Writings ofAmbrose Bierce (Essential) (California Legacy) by John R. Dunlap, 2007-06-01
  7. Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings by Oakley Hall, 2002-07-30
  8. Classic American Literature: 13 books by Bierce in a single file, with active table of contents, improved 7/3/2009 by Ambrose Bierce, 2008-10-12
  9. Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company by Roy Morris Jr., 1999-03-25
  10. Civil War Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ambrose Bierce, 1994-08-01
  11. Works of Ambrose Bierce. Incl: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories, The Devil's Dictionary, Fantastic Fables, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Cobwebs from Empty Skull & more (mobi) by Ambrose Bierce, 2008-08-28
  12. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce volume 1, improved 8/12/2010 by Ambrose Bierce, 2008-02-11
  13. Ambrose Bierce's Civil War by Ambrose Bierce, 1996-04-15
  14. Write it Right, a Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Ambrose Bierce, 2008-02-11

21. Bierce, Ambrose - Desapariciones Misteriosas
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22. Don Swaim S The Ambrose Bierce Site
The myth and mind of Ambrose Bierce, with original prose and poetry. Links to other Bierce sites and scholarship, communication board, and Bierce in the news.
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23. Bierce, Ambrose
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, shortstory writer, and satirist, today best known for his Devil's Dictionary, which
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Ambrose Bierce, ca. 1866 Born: June 24 1842
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Chihuahua, Mexico Occupation(s): Journalist and Writer Literary genre: Satire Literary movement: Realism Influences: Jonathan Swift Voltaire , Edgar Allan Poe Influenced: H.L. Mencken , William March, Jorge Luis Borges , Julio Cortázar, Stephen Crane Ernest Hemingway Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer, and satirist, today best known for his Devil's Dictionary, which lampooned, among other things, religion and politics. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been consigned to oblivion. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname , "Bitter Bierce." His views belied a pessimism regarding human nature. Such was his reputation that it was said his judgment on any piece of prose or poetry could make or break a writer's career. Among the younger writers whom he encouraged were the poet George Sterling and the fiction writer W. C. Morrow.
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Bierce's classic work of satirical wit and Steadman's pointed pen redefine the way we see even the seemingly simplest of terms.
Acquaintance , n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to.
Bride , n.: A woman with a great future behind her.
Consult , v: To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.
Ambrose Bierce's "dictionary" of epigrams, essays, verses, and vignettes targets the religious, the romantic, the political, and the economic, in equal measure. The book you need to define both friends and enemies, The Devil's Dictionary is also the perfect gift, showcasing Bierce's razor-sharp wit and Ralph Steadman's incisive pen to their best advantage. Ambrose Bierce and the One-Eyed Jacks: An Ambrose Bierce Mystery Oakley Hall Hardcover The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce Jan 1999 Paperback Book Description History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement.

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Provides ebook of the Fantastic Fables, Can Such Things Be, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories, all hyperlinked to the famous Devil s Dictionary. Downloadable demo of the ebook is available.
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26. The Ambrose Bierce Appreciation Society
The Ambrose Bierce Appreciation Society. CYNIC n. A blackguard whose faulty vision causes him to see things as they are, not as they ought to be. Open Since 1994
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The Ambrose Bierce Appreciation Society CYNIC n. A blackguard whose faulty vision causes him to see things as they are, not as they ought to be Open Since 1994 This page is dedicated to one of the most under appreciated authors and journalists of all time: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce. "Bitter Bierce" was quite famous in his day, but now only a core following of academics and curmudgeons know about him. And that is a shame. He is most often found in "Quotable Quotes" lists or signature files, but that is as deep as most people's knowledge goes. Part of the purpose of this page is to rectify this situation and place him back in the spotlight where he belongs, getting new readers interested in the biggest misanthrope of all times. The other is to provide a clearinghouse of information on the man and his work, for both old and new fans. Ambrose Bierce News Books Miscellaneous Site News Books
  • Upcoming Book: The Short Fiction of Ambrose Bierce: A Comprehensive Edition with the University of Tennesse Press. It will be out in September, 2006.

27. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce — FactMonster.com
Encyclopedia Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett. Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett (ăm'brōz gwinet' birs) , 1842 – 1914?, American satirist, journalist, and shortstory writer, b.
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    Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett key , American satirist, journalist, and short-story writer, b. Meigs co., Ohio. After distinguished Civil War service, he turned to journalism. In San Francisco he wrote for the News-Letter, Fun and finished three books, including Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874). After his return to San Francisco, he wrote for the Argonaut, edited the Wasp Sunday Examiner Examiner made him the literary arbiter of the West Coast. Later he was Washington correspondent for the American and a contributor to Cosmopolitan. Bierce's collection of sardonic definitions, The Cynic's Word Book (1906), was retitled The Devil's Dictionary in 1911. Often dark in tone, grisly or macabre in subject matter, and masterful in their spare language, his short stories were collected in such volumes as Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891) and Can Such Things Be?

28. Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
A mbrose Bierce was the author of supernatural stories that have secured his place in both the weird tradition and in American letters at large. The stories in his two primary volumes, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (a.k.a., In the Midst of Life , 1892) and Can Such Things Be? (1893) often added a Western setting to Gothic fiction and, more importantly, developed the psychological aspects of horror first recognized by Poe. He is also noted for his tales of the Civil War, which drew on his own experience as a Union cartographer and officer. His first job in journalism was as editor for the San Francisco News-Letter and California Advertiser (1868-72), writing the entries of the "Town Crier" which constituted the first real newspaper column. Perhaps we can say that his true love was satire in any form whether ghost story or fable, newspaper column or lyrical lambaste, fantasy or pseudo-lexicography. In time, Bierce established himself a kind of literary dictator of the West Coast and was so respected and feared as a critic that his judgement could "make or break" an aspiring author's reputation. Well-known by his mere initials, A.G.B., his enemies and detractors called him "Almighty God Bierce." He was also nicknamed "Bitter Bierce" and his nihilistic motto was "Nothing matters." Apart from a few well-anthologized ghost stories (notably, "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"), Bierce is best remembered for his cynical but humorous Devil's Dictionary (see Publishing News, below).

29. The Devil's Dictionary By Ambrose Bierce. Search, Read, Study, Discuss.
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The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title The Cynic's Word Book, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. To quote the publishers of the present work:
"This more reverent title had previously been forced upon him by the religious scruples of the last newspaper in which a part of the work had appeared, with the natural consequence that when it came out in covers the country already had been flooded by its imitators with a score of 'cynic' books The Cynic's This, The Cynic's That, and The Cynic's t'Other. Most of these books were merely stupid, though some of them added the distinction of silliness. Among them, they brought the word 'cynic' into disfavor so deep that any book bearing it was discredited in advance of publication."
Meantime, too, some of the enterprising humorists of the country had helped themselves to such parts of the work as served their needs, and many of its definitions, anecdotes, phrases and so forth, had become more or less current in popular speech. This explanation is made, not with any pride of priority in trifles, but in simple denial of possible charges of plagiarism, which is no trifle. In merely resuming his own the author hopes to be held guiltless by those to whom the work is addressed enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor and clean English to slang.

30. The Damned Thing / Bierce
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Ambrose G. Bierce CHAPTER I ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS EAT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE By the light of a tallow candle which had been placed on one end of a rough table a man was reading something written in a book. It was an old account book, greatly worn; and the writing was not, apparently, very legible, for the man sometimes held the page close to the flame of the candle to get a stronger light on it. The shadow of the book would then throw into obscurity a half of the rooms, darkening a number of faces and figures; for besides the reader, eight other men were present. Seven of them sat against the rough log walls, silent, motionless, and the room being small, not very far from the table. By extending an arm any one of them could have touched the eighth man, who lay on the table, face upward, partly covered by a sheet, his arms at his sides. He was dead. When the coroner had finished reading he put the book into his breast pocket. At that moment the door was pushed open and a young man entered. He, clearly, was not of mountain birth and breeding: he was clad as those who dwell in cities. His clothing was dusty, however, as from travel. He had, in fact, been riding hard to attend the inquest. The coroner nodded; no one else greeted him.

31. Bierce, Ambrose Summary | BookRags.com
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32. Poets' Corner - Ambrose Bierce - Selected Works
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    Alone
      I N contact, lo! the flint and steel,
      By spark and flame, the thought reveal
      That he the metal, she the stone,
      Had cherished secretly alone.
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    Freedom
      F REEDOM, as every schoolboy knows,
      Once shrieked as Kosciusko fell;
      On every wind, indeed, that blows
      I hear her yell.
      She screams whenever monarchs meet,
      And parliaments as well,
      To bind the chains about her feet
      And toll her knell.
      And when the sovereign people cast
      The votes they cannot spell,
      Upon the lung-impested blast
      Her clamors swell.
      For all to whom the power's given
      To sway or to compel,
      Among themselves apportion heaven
      And give her hell.
      Ambrose Bierce
    Egotist
      M EGACEPH, chosen to serve the State
      In the halls of legislative debate,
      One day with his credentials came
      To the capitol's door and announced his name.
      The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist
      Of the face, at the eminent egotist,
      And said: "Go away, for we settle here
      All manner of questions, knotty and queer,
      And we cannot have, when the speaker demands

33. [ The Devil's Dictionary Dot Com ]
Ambrose Bierce s collection of dark and bitter definitions for common terms.
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34. Bierce, Ambrose Quote - Consul. In American Politics, A Person Who Having Failed
Famous quote by Bierce, Ambrose Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition
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35. The Devil's Dictionary By Ambrose Bierce - Project Gutenberg
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36. Bierce, Ambrose
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When the war was over Bierce worked for the Treasury Department for Reconstruction work in the south and also for the government for mapping unknown regions of the west. He then went to San Francisco where, denied a promised commission in the regular army, he decided on a literary career. While working as a night guard at the U. S. Mint, Bierce read voraciously in his spare time and developed a literary style of his own, "practicing" by producing several tracts intended to defend atheism. He also drew up a folio of cartoons mocking the platforms of both candidates for the 1867 election, which, when circulated among his fellow workers at the mint, gained the attention that led to their being sold and published by the respective candidates as "weapons" against the opponent's campaign. But Bierce moved to the written word as a means of self-expression, his first endeavors being at verse that was published in the Californian. Still dissatisfied, he attempted prose, and humorous, satirical articles and essays soon appeared in the Californian, the Atla California, the Golden Era, and the weekly News-Letter and California Advertiser. His first literary models were his contemporaries Brete Harte and Mark Twain, but, under the tutelage of James W. Watkins, editor of the News-Letter, he was introduced to the satire of Swift, Voltaire, Pope, and Juvenal. His style developed and perfected, Watkins loosed him on the world on December 5, 1868 by way of the News-Letter's "Town Crier" page, which soon became entirely occupied by Bierce's remarks and criticism. Mysteriously, Watkins left for New York, leaving Bierce a newspaper editor at age 26. He stayed until March 9, 1872 completing 167 weekly columns.

37. The Parenticide Club By Ambrose Bierce - Project Gutenberg
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Author Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Title The Parenticide Club Contents My favorite murder Oil of Dog An Imperfect Conflagration The Hypnotist. Language English LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature Subject Short stories, American Subject Horror tales, American Subject Murderers Fiction Category Text EBook-No. Release Date Feb 1, 2003 Public domain in the USA. Downloads
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Author Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Title Fantastic Fables Contents The Moral Principle and the Material Interest The Crimson Candle The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine The Ingenious Patriot Two Kings An Officer and a Thug The Conscientious Official How Leisure Came The Moral Sen Language English LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature Subject Short stories Subject Wit and humor Category Text EBook-No. Release Date Dec 1, 1995 Public domain in the USA. Downloads
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39. Short Stories By Ambrose Bierce [Category: Short Story]
Bierce, Ambrose . o One More Unfortunate from 'The Fiend's Delight' o The Bubble Reputation o 'Way Down In Alabam' o A Tough Tussle from Can Such Things Be?
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"One More Unfortunate" from 'The Fiend's Delight' o "The Bubble Reputation" o 'Way Down In Alabam' o A Tough Tussle from " Can Such Things Be?" o Across The Plains
o Adventure At Brownville, An o Aerophobe, An A fable o Affair At Coulter's Notch, The o Affair Of Outposts, An o Alarm And Pride A fable
o Alderman And The Raccoon, The A fable o All Dog, The A fable o Ancient Order, The A fable o Angel's Tear, The A fable o Antidote, An A fable
o Ants and the Grasshopper, The A fable o Applicant, The o Appropriate Memorial, The A fable o Archer And The Eagle, The A fable o Arrest, An Ghost story
o Ashes Of Madame Blavatsky, The A fable o Ashes Of The Beacon o Ass and the Grasshoppers, The A fable o Ass and the Lion's Skin, The A fable o At Heaven's Gate A fable
o At LargeOne Temper A fable o At Old Man Eckert's Ghost story o At The Pole A fable o Austere Governor, The A fable o Australian Grasshopper, The A fable
o Baby Tramp, A o Baffled Ambuscade, A

40. Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories By Ambrose Bierce - Project Gutenbe
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Author Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Title Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Contents Present at a hanging A cold greeting A wireless message An arrest A man with two lives Three and two are one A baffled ambuscade Two military executions 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. Language English LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature Subject Ghost stories, American Subject Horror tales, American Category Text EBook-No. Release Date Aug 1, 2003 Public domain in the USA. Downloads
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