The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce E-Book

Ambrose Bierce

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• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

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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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Table of Contents

The Collected Works ofAmbrose Bierce

Volume 1

1909

Contents

Ashes of the Beacon

An Historical Monograph Written in 4930

The Land Beyond the Blow

(After the method of Swift, who followed Lucian, and was himself followed by Voltaire and many others.)

Thither

Sons of the Fair Star

An Interview with Gnarmag-Zote

The Tamtonians

Marooned On Ug

The Dog in Ganegwag

A Conflagration in Ghargaroo

An Execution In Batrugia

The Jumjum Of Gokeetle-Guk

The Kingdom of Tortirra

Hither

For the Ahkoond

John Smith, Liberator

(From a Newspaper of the Far Future)

Bits Of Autobiography

On a Mountain

What I Saw of Shiloh

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

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 SONG

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

CONTENTS

CIVILIANS

SOLDIERS

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 BROWNVILLE1

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 REDHORSE

THE EYES OF THE PANTHER

VOLUME VIII

NEGLIGIBLE TALES

ON WITH THE DANCE

EPIGRAMS

NEW YORK GORDIAN PRESS, INC. 1966

Originally Published 1911 Reprinted 1966

Published by GORDIAN PRESS, INC.

Library of Congress Card Catalog No 66-14638

Printed in the U.S.A. by EDWARD BROTHERS INC. Ann Arbor, Michigan

CONTENTS

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"

HOW ANOTHER MAN'S WAS SOUGHT AND PRICKED

THE OCEAN WAVE

A SHIPWRECKOLLECTION

THE CAPTAIN OF "THE CAMEL"

THE MAN OVERBOARD

I

II

A CARGO OF CAT

"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW

I

THE PRUDE IN LETTERS AND LIFE

II

THE BEATING OF THE BLOOD

III

THERE ARE CORNS IN EGYPT

IV

A REEF IN THE GABARDINE

V

ENTER A TROUPE OF ANCIENTS, DANCING

VI

CAIRO REVISITED

VII

JAPAN WEAR AND BOMBAY DUCKS

VIII

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CRUCIBLE

IX

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE

X

THEY ALL DANCE

XI

LUST, QUOTH'A!

XII

OUR GRANDMOTHERS' LEGS

EPIGRAMS

A Cynic Looks at Life

Ambrose Bierce

HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS

A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE

CIVILIZATION

I

II

III

THE GIFT O' GAB

NATURA BENIGNA

THE DEATH PENALTY

I

II

III

IV

V

IMMORTALITY

EMANCIPATED WOMAN

A MAD WORLD

EPIGRAMS OF A CYNIC

THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS

By Ambrose Bierce

Edited by S. O. HOWES

Copyright 1909

A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

CIVILIZATION

I.

II.

THE GAME OF POLITICS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX

SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

ARBITRATION

INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT

I.

II.

III.

CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES

I.

II.

III.

THE DEATH PENALTY

I.

II.

III.

RELIGION

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

IMMORTALITY

OPPORTUNITY

CHARITY

EMANCIPATED WOMAN

THE OPPOSING SEX

THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT

A DISSERTATION ON DOGS

THE ANCESTRAL BOND

THE RIGHT TO WORK

THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

By Adolphe Danziger De Castro and Ambrose Bierce

1911

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

THE DAMNED THING