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Bierce, Ambrose

(1842-1914) American writer. Ambrose Bierce is known for his anthologized ghost stories, most prominently "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge," but he was also a newspaper columnist, a satirist, an essayist, a poet, and a novelist.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce is known for his short story, "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge," and for his collection of humorous terms: "The Devil's Dictionary."

A Bubble - Ambrose Bierce

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A Morning Fancy - Ambrose Bierce

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A Nightmare - Ambrose Bierce

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An Affair of Outposts - Ambrose Bierce

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An Anarchist - Ambrose Bierce

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An Offer of Marriage - Ambrose Bierce

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Another Way - Ambrose Bierce

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Arma Virumque - Ambrose Bierce

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Business - Ambrose Bierce

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Consolation - Ambrose Bierce

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Detected - Ambrose Bierce

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Moxon's Master, by Ambrose Bierce

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My Favorite Murder - Ambrose Bierce

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Nanine - Ambrose Bierce

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Presentiment - Ambrose Bierce

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Tempora Mutantur - Ambrose Bierce

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The Boarded Window - Ambrose Bierce

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The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce

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To My Laundress - Ambrose Bierce

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To the Bartholdi Statue - Ambrose Bierce

Read "To the Bartholdi Statue," by Ambrose Bierce.

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