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Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

Autor(a) de The Devil's Dictionary

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About the Author

Ambrose Bierce was a brilliant, bitter, and cynical journalist. He is also the author of several collections of ironic epigrams and at least one powerful story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Bierce was born in Ohio, where he had an unhappy childhood. He served in the Union army during the mostrar mais Civil War. Following the war, he moved to San Francisco, where he worked as a columnist for the newspaper the Examiner, for which he wrote a number of satirical sketches. Bierce wrote a number of horror stories, some poetry, and countless essays. He is best known, however, for The Cynic's Word Book (1906), retitled The Devil's Dictionary in 1911, a collection of such cynical definitions as "Marriage: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two." Bierce's own marriage ended in divorce, and his life ended mysteriously. In 1913, he went to Mexico and vanished, presumably killed in the Mexican revolution. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary (1906) 4,254 exemplares
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (2000) 806 exemplares
Civil War Stories (1994) 801 exemplares
Can Such Things Be? (1893) 257 exemplares
The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary (1906) 251 exemplares
Fantastic Fables (1898) 177 exemplares
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War (1956) 156 exemplares
Terror by Night (2006) 135 exemplares
The Parenticide Club (1986) 74 exemplares
Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce (2003) — Autor — 58 exemplares
The Damned Thing [short story] (2009) 53 exemplares
I racconti dell'oltretomba (1993) 44 exemplares
Poems of Ambrose Bierce (1995) 44 exemplares
The Best of Ambrose Bierce (1984) 38 exemplares
Aus dem Wörterbuch des Teufels. (1964) 32 exemplares
Stories and Fables (1977) 29 exemplares
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (2005) 28 exemplares
Mijn lievelingsmoord (1973) 27 exemplares
21 Essential American Short Stories (2011) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
The Fiend's Delight (2007) 21 exemplares
Best War Stories (1985) 20 exemplares
The Civil War Reader: Literature (1996) 20 exemplares
A Cynic Looks at Life (2007) 19 exemplares
Black Beetles in Amber (1892) 18 exemplares
Shapes of Clay (2006) 16 exemplares
Moxon's Master (short story) (1893) 15 exemplares
Tales and Fables (1988) 15 exemplares
Diabolical Definitions (1970) 15 exemplares
Racconti neri (1989) 15 exemplares
Bittere Stories (1965) 14 exemplares
Horrorgeschichten (1988) 14 exemplares
Chickamauga (1988) 13 exemplares
The Boarded Window [short story] (2014) 12 exemplares
The Ways Of Ghosts (2023) 11 exemplares
A Baby Tramp (2013) 11 exemplares
The Man and the Snake (2000) 11 exemplares
Histoires impossibles (1985) 10 exemplares
Beyond the Wall [Short story] (2013) 10 exemplares
Visions Of The Night (2011) 10 exemplares
Tutti i racconti dell'orrore (1994) 9 exemplares
A Horseman in the Sky (1889) 9 exemplares
A Vision of Doom (1980) 8 exemplares
The Shorter Devil's Dictionary (1998) 8 exemplares
One Summer Night (2019) 8 exemplares
A Resumed Identity (2010) 8 exemplares
Lügengeschichten (1997) 7 exemplares
The Stranger [Short story] (2015) 7 exemplares
The Ocean Wave (2003) 7 exemplares
The dance of death (2013) 7 exemplares
21 letters of Ambrose Bierce (2004) 7 exemplares
A Holy Terror [Short story] (2016) 7 exemplares
Gesammelte Werke (2014) — Autor — 7 exemplares
The Moonlit Road [Short story] (1893) 6 exemplares
Epigrammes (2014) 6 exemplares
99 fábulas fantásticas (2010) 6 exemplares
A Diagnosis of Death (2019) 6 exemplares
Contes noirs (1991) 6 exemplares
Killed At Resaca (2010) 6 exemplares
Aceite de perro y otros cuentos (1994) 5 exemplares
A Jug of Syrup — Autor — 5 exemplares
An invocation, (1928) 5 exemplares
Meistererzählungen. (2002) 5 exemplares
Relatos cortos de terror (1997) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
A Deodorizer of Dead Dogs (1998) 5 exemplares
Cuentos de soldados (2011) 4 exemplares
Fábulas fantásticas (1997) 4 exemplares
The Ambrose Bierce Collection (2011) 4 exemplares
Haita the Shepherd 4 exemplares
Das Spukhaus (1992) 4 exemplares
Oil of Dog (2014) 4 exemplares
Favole a orologeria (1989) 4 exemplares
Seven American short stories (1989) 4 exemplares
Oči plné děsu (1992) 4 exemplares
Ein Mann mit zwei Leben (1999) 4 exemplares
The Pocket Devil's Dictionary (2007) 4 exemplares
Contes noirs (2016) 3 exemplares
An Affair of Outposts (2016) 3 exemplares
The Haunted Valley (2016) 3 exemplares
The Cynic's Word Book (2013) 3 exemplares
The Classic Gothic Horror Collection (2021) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Ausgewählte Werke (1993) 3 exemplares
Hauntings: Classic Collection (1996) 3 exemplares
One Of Twins 3 exemplares
A Fruitless Assignment (2019) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Страж мертвеца (2000) 3 exemplares
Escac i Mat! (L'Arcà) (1987) 3 exemplares
My Favorite Murder 3 exemplares
The Mocking Bird (1980) 3 exemplares
Haïta the Shepherd 3 exemplares
The Applicant 2 exemplares
Keşiş ve celladın kızı (2002) 2 exemplares
One Officer One Man 2 exemplares
One Kind of Officer (2012) 2 exemplares
Fábulas feroces (2012) 2 exemplares
La mirada cínica (2010) 2 exemplares
El guardián del muerto (1901) 2 exemplares
Cynic's Dictionary (2014) 2 exemplares
Werke in vier Bänden (1992) 2 exemplares
HUMOR AMARGO (1975) 2 exemplares
A Vine on a House (2019) 2 exemplares
Poetry 2 exemplares
The Ingenious Patriot 2 exemplares
The Collected Works (2017) 2 exemplares
Classic Chilling Tales Vol 3 (1998) 2 exemplares
Nadprzyrodzone (2016) 2 exemplares
The Land Beyond the Blow (2013) 2 exemplares
A Little of Chickamauga (1980) 2 exemplares
A Lady From Red Horse 2 exemplares
Geisterstunde, CD 2 (2002) 2 exemplares
Skepticism and Dissent (1978) 2 exemplares
Ten Tales (1985) 2 exemplares
Oczy pantery 2 exemplares
Sorte historier 2 exemplares
A Revolt of the Gods 2 exemplares
Contos de Ambrose Bierce (2010) 2 exemplares
Battle Sketches 2 exemplares
I racconti (1994) 2 exemplares
Mauvaises pensées (2003) 2 exemplares
Die Satansschüler (1973) 2 exemplares
Seven fables 2 exemplares
Un jinete por el cielo (1993) 2 exemplares
The Devil's Dictionary 2003 (1970) 1 exemplar
De dodenwacht 1 exemplar
Racconti neri 1 exemplar
E possivel? 1 exemplar
Diabli dykcjonarz 1 exemplar
IMKANSIZ OYKULER (2005) 1 exemplar
LA FILLE DU BOURREAU. (1986) 1 exemplar
CUENTOS DE LA GUERRA CIVIL (2018) 1 exemplar
Uprostřed života 1 exemplar
Ebolaj 1 exemplar
El reino de lo irreal (1988) 1 exemplar
Der Gnadenstoß 1 exemplar
Seytanin Sözlügü (2014) 1 exemplar
Ambrose Bierce Macabre Tales (1987) 1 exemplar
El horror según Lovecraft (2013) 1 exemplar
The Major's Tale 1 exemplar
A Cold Greeting 1 exemplar
Curried Cow 1 exemplar
64 epigramas de un cínico (2006) 1 exemplar
The Man Overboard 1 exemplar
A Cargo Of Cat 1 exemplar
The Hypnotist 1 exemplar
The Little Story 1 exemplar
Alle verhalen (1985) 1 exemplar
Te verwaarlozen verhalen (2015) 1 exemplar
Jug of syrup 1 exemplar
The Crimson Candle 1 exemplar
Les Fables de Zambri (2013) 1 exemplar
Relatos insólitos (1973) 1 exemplar
Cloak And Dagger 1 exemplar
3 narradores norteamericanos (1981) 1 exemplar
La cosa maldita (2016) 1 exemplar
Cuentos de horror 1 exemplar
A la dérive contes divers (2014) 1 exemplar
pg972 1 exemplar
Baby Tramp 1 exemplar
Across The Plains 1 exemplar

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100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 183 exemplares
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Victorian Nightmares (1977) — Contribuidor — 161 exemplares
The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells (1977) — Contribuidor — 151 exemplares
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My Favorite Horror Story (2007) — Contribuidor — 139 exemplares
An Anthology of Famous American Stories (1953) — Contribuidor — 137 exemplares
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Bedtime Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Contribuidor — 121 exemplares
Mostly Ghostly (1991) — Autor — 118 exemplares
Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
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Mystery Stories: An Intriguing Collection (1996) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
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H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales (2005) — Contribuidor — 83 exemplares
Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream (1998) — Contribuidor — 83 exemplares
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contribuidor — 82 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1983) — Contribuidor — 81 exemplares
65 Great Spine Chillers (1988) — Contribuidor — 79 exemplares
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contribuidor — 79 exemplares
Bar the Doors (1972) — Contribuidor — 78 exemplares
A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
The Horror Hall of Fame (1991) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
World's Great Adventure Stories (1929) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics (1954) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
Pawn To Infinity (1982) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Bedside Book of Famous American Stories (1936) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
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The World's Greatest Horror Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
14 Suspense Stories to Play Russian Roulette By (1945) — Contribuidor — 58 exemplares
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100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
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The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour (2000) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the 19th Century (2014) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Alfred Hitchcock's Fear and Trembling (1948) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics (2009) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
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100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
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The Tindalos Cycle (2009) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
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The Ghostmasters: Weird Stories by Famous Writers (1976) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
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Horror by Lamplight (1993) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
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The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts (2021) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
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A wave of fear: A classic horror anthology (1973) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
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Classic American Short Stories [2016] (2012) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Selected English short stories XIX & XX centuries (1914) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
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The Great Modern American Stories: An Anthology (1920) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
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Demonic, Dangerous, and Deadly: An Anthology (1983) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Best Secret Service Stories (1960) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories (1966) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
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Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires (2004) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
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Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics (2000) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
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A Tide of Terror; An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories. (1972) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
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Fear! Fear! Fear! (1981) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
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Ghosts and Ghastlies (1976) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
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Famous Stories of Five Centuries (1934) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Stakes are High (1954) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
American Short Stories (1978) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
The Black Book of the Werewolf: 32 Stories of Bestial Terror (2010) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
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Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts (1987) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Travel & Adventure: The Pocket Library of Classic Short Stories (2012) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Classic Tales of Ghosts and Vampires: Volume 2 (Unabridged) (2008) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
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El cuento literario (2008) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Enjoying Stories (1987) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
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Representative Modern Short Stories (1929) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
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Membros

Discussions

THE DEEP ONES: "Beyond the Wall" by Ambrose Bierce em The Weird Tradition (Julho 2015)
I just bought The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce em Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (Janeiro 2012)

Críticas

Ambrose Bierce was a journalist and a professional wit so it's sometimes difficult to reconcile his quips and his muckraking with the irrational and spiritual nature of horror, and especially his particular style of country horror. But he was a soldier in the civil war so he had seen his share of the American wilderness and of death and destruction. His dry personality is most evident when he describes ignorant yokel characters using highfalutin language.
But there is still something inexplicably natural and essential in his prose that I love. He created scenes and atmospheres that were both natural and unnatural, or perhaps in a way proto-natural, evoking ancient places and forces that even Manifest Destiny shouldn't disturb. Bierce had the ability to channel the superstitious cowboy that must exist in all of us, expressing frontier wisdom through ghost stories. "Don't go near that gulch! Lemme tell you about some buckaroos who went near that gulch, they were eaten by a ghost."… (mais)
 
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ethorwitz | 5 outras críticas | Jan 3, 2024 |
This was another case of well-written and an interesting idea well executed, but not one that significantly piqued my interest. I think I get why so many people love it and understand that its impact is somewhat lessened for me from when it was written.

I'd be lying if my hatred of pro-slavery scum, execution, and any kind of revelling in the death and suffering of even the worst people didn't effect my ability to connect with the story or care about just how clever the use of language and allusions are (some of it is very on the nose to be honest).… (mais)
 
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RatGrrrl | 14 outras críticas | Dec 20, 2023 |
Ambrose Bierce was an American civil war veteran, journalist and short story writer. This selection of 24 of his stories was first published in 1909. I read it because of its inclusion on some proto science fiction lists, but really the stories would fit more easily into the genres of horror or supernatural stories. As I started reading through the collection I was impressed with Bierce's ability to set the scene; here is an example:

"The day, I thought, must be far advanced, though the sun was invisible; and although sensible that the air was raw and chill my consciousness of that fact was rather mental than physical—I had no feeling of discomfort. Over all the dismal landscape a canopy of low, lead-colored clouds hung like a visible curse. In all this there were a menace and a portent—a hint of evil, an intimation of doom. Bird, beast, or insect there was none. The wind sighed in the bare branches of the dead trees and the gray grass bent to whisper its dread secret to the earth; but no other sound nor motion broke the awful repose of that dismal place."

I was disappointed that some of the stories did not progress much further than a description of events, there seemed to be no resolution. Many of them read like ghost stories, almost all of them feature a death of some kind, but the quality of the writing and my realisation that Bierce was intent on providing a disturbing story for the reader to consider and wonder if "[Can such things be?]" was enough to keep me reading. A typical example is the final story in the collection; a group of would be settlers are pushing through some hostile Indian country and have camped for the night. A man appears out of the darkness and tells the group a story of four men who were run to ground by a band of apaches nearby. There were no survivors and the storyteller quietly slips away, leaving the group of settlers wondering if they had just seen a ghost.

I enjoyed the stories the more I read through them, not expecting resolutions, but content to enjoy the feeling of strange things afoot. Of course some of the stories work better than others, but most manage to create an eerie atmosphere even if a suspension of belief is required. When these stories were written in the late nineteenth century, spiritualism was still considered by many to be part of everyday life; scientific investigations and debunkers of fraud had not yet convinced the general public that ghosts and the supernatural were not prevalent. Bierce honed in on this wave of uncertainty and belief in the supernatural; to create his disturbing stories, which can still be enjoyed today 3.5 stars.
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baswood | 5 outras críticas | Dec 17, 2023 |
A mix of horror, war, and tall tales. For the most part, the stories are very short, and told from an omnipotent point of view. Some are more like reportage or anecdotes. Probably wouldn't read again, but it's interesting to see the work of one of these early American horror writers.
 
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TheGalaxyGirl | 8 outras críticas | Oct 31, 2023 |

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