An American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".
Contents
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge (1890)
The Devil's Dictionary (1906)
The Damned Thing (1898)
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY
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
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
FOR THE AHKOOND
JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR
BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
NEGLIGIBLE TALES
THE PARENTICIDE CLUB
THE FOURTH ESTATE
THE OCEAN WAVE
"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW
Can Such Things Be?
Write It Right (1909)
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874)
A Cynic Looks at Life (1912)
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce (1922)
The Cynic's Word Book (1906)
The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter (1911)
Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
The Fiend's Delight (1873)
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays (1909)
Shapes of Clay (1903)
THE OPPOSING SEX
THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT
A DISSERTATION ON DOGS
THE ANCESTRAL BOND
THE RIGHT TO WORK
THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge (1890)
This short story was adapted for an episode of the television show The Twilight Zone which aired February 28, 1964
Write It Right (1909)
The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the writer should so write that his reader not only may, but must, understand.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays-
The essays cover a wide range of subjects, embracing among other things government, dreams, writers of dialect, and dogs, and always the author's point of view is fresh, original and non-Philistine. Whether one cares to agree with him or not, one will find vast entertainment in his wit that illuminates with lightning flashes all he touches. Other qualities I forbear allusion to, having already encroached too much upon the time of the reader.
樂天KOBO
