A l'aube d'une journée d'été, en l'an de grâce 1872, j'assassinai mon père, acte qui, à cette époque, produisit sur moi une profonde impression. Les dix-sept récits de ce recueil appartiennent au fantastique, au surnaturel: maisons hantées, forêts maléfiques, fantômes... Une écriture glacée, un humour noir proche des surréalistes.

Histoires impossibles

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Fiend's Delight (novella + short stories +   poetry)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed   table of contents.
The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of Bierce's articles; essays, stories,   poems and reflection, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten   under the pseudonym "Dod Grile". This was Bierce's first book when   he lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun   magazine.
Ambrose Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after   December 26, 1913) was 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".
Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage   younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. C.   Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his   stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague   references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of   war.
Content:
Some Fiction.
1. "One More Unfortunate."
2. The Strong Young Man of Colusa.
3. The Glad New Year.
4. The Late Dowling, Senior.
5. "Love's Labour Lost."
6. A Comforter.
7. Little Isaac.
8. The Heels of Her.
9. A Tale of Two Feet.
10. The Scolliver Pig.
11. Mr. Hunker's Mourner.
12. A Bit of Chivalry.
13. The Head of the Family.
14. Deathbed Repentance.
15. The New Church that was not Built.
16. A Tale of the Great Quake.
17. Johnny.
18. The Child's Provider.
19. Boys who Began Wrong.
20. A Kansas Incident.
21. Mr. Grile's Girl.
22. His Railway.
23. Mr. Gish Makes a Present.
24. A Cow-County Pleasantry.
25. The Optimist, and What He Died Of.
26. The Root of Education.
27. Retribution.
28. Margaret the Childless.
29. The Discomfited Demon.
30. The Mistake of a Life.
31. L. S.
32. The Baffled Asian.
Tall Talk.
1. A Call to Dinner.
2. On Death and Immortality.
3. Music-Muscular and Mechanical.
4. The Good Young Man.
5. The Average Parson.
6. Did We Eat One Another?
7. Your Friend's Friend.
8. Le Diable est aux Vaches.
9. Angels and Angles.
10. A Wingless Insect.
11. Pork on the Hoof.
12. The Young Person.
13. A Certain Popular Fallacy.
14. Pastoral Journalism.
15. Mendicity's Mistake.
16. Picnicking considered as a Mistake.
17. Thanksgiving Day.
18. Flogging.
19. Reflections upon the Beneficent Influence of the Press.
20. Charity.
21. The Study of Human Nature.
22. Additional Talk-Done in the Country.
Current Journalings.
Obituary Notices.
1. Christians.
2. Pagans.
Musings, Philosophical and Theological.
Laughorisms.
"Items" from the Press of Interior California.
Poesy.
1. Ye Idyll of Ye Hippopopotamus.
2. Epitaph on George Francis Train.
3. Jerusalem, Old and New.
4. Communing with Nature.
5. Conservatism and Progress.
6. Inter Arma Silent Leges.
7. Quintessence.
8. Resurgam.

The Fiend´s Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Fourth Estate (4 Satirical Stories about   Journalists and Politicians)" is formatted for your eReader with a   functional and detailed table of contents.
This ebook is a collection of works about journalists and politicians of   master storyteller Ambrose Bierce.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914?) was an American satirist, critic,   poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories   often humorous and sometimes bitter or macabre. His dark, sardonic views and   vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname, "Bitter   Bierce".
Contents :
1.Mr. Masthead, Journalist 
2.Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger" 
3.Corrupting the Press 
4."The Bubble Reputation" - How Another Man's was Sought and Pricked
5. How Another Man's was Sought and Pricked ????

The Fourth Estate (4 Satirical Stories about Journalists and Politicians)

Ambrose Bierce, Le Club des Parenticides Traduction de Marie Picard "Une journée de juin 1872, au petit matin, j'ai tué mon père - cela m'a beaucoup marqué à l'époque. C'était avant mon mariage, alors que j'habitais chez mes parents dans le Wisconsin... " Ambrose Bierce a endossé presque tous les rôles : soldat pendant la guerre de Sécession, douanier en Alabama, chercheur d'or, journaliste à San Francisco, Londres ou Washington, enfin aventurier valétudinaire au Mexique. Il lui en resta une ironie glacée et un sens aigu du grotesque, dont son talent de nouvelliste sut tirer le meilleur parti.

Le Club Des Parenticides

Sa participation à la guerre civile américaine le convertit à une forme de scepticisme teinté de misanthropie qui ne fit que se renforcer au fil du temps. Plus tard, son métier de journaliste acheva de le débarrasser de ses dernières illusions. Une conscience aussi vive de l'hypocrisie et la bêtise humaines devait naturellement l'amener sur le terrain de l'humour, du grotesque et du macabre. Parodier les Fables d'Ésope, détourner le plus célèbre des esclaves phrygiens pour mieux défendre les principes stoïciens à la source de ses fables, permet à Bierce de joindre sa voix à celles des grands moralistes du passé. Qui aurait cru que la fable connaîtrait une seconde jeunesse au Far West ? Sans doute le temps est-il venu de redécouvrir ses ouvres de jeunesse sinon pour leur virtuosité littéraire, du moins pour leur humour hyperbolique, leur caractère transgressif et leur merveilleuse liberté de ton.

Les Fables de Zambri

Peyton Farquhar, a confederate sympathizer, stands to be hanged for his role in a plot to demolish Owl Creek Bridge. As he awaits death, Farquhar considers the possibility of escape-the chances of slipping his bonds, swimming to safety, and returning to his family. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" recounts the final moments before Farquhar is hanged, exploring the feelings of a man facing his death, and the close relationship between life and death. Known for both its irregular time sequence and its surprising ending, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the most anthologized of Ambrose Bierce's stories. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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