500 citations des grands philosophes du XXe siècle

Si ces épigrammes devaient être gravés sur la tombe d'un monument, ce serait un monument à la liberté... de pensée. Que l'on en juge : "Nous nous soumettons à la majorité parce que nous y sommes tenus. Mais nous ne sommes pas forcés de donner à notre attitude soumise une posture respectueuse." Ou encore : "Chez celui qui n'a jamais causé de tort à autrui, la vengeance est une vertu." C'est une collection d'aphorismes de cette trempe que renferme ce petit ouvrage, appelé à tenir dans la poche, sinon à occuper durablement sa table de nuit. Dans un style à la Flaubert dans son Dictionnaire des idées reçues, ces diatribes acerbes­ sonnent comme autant de piqûres de rappel. Celui qui est devenu l'un des maîtres du fantastique sait introduire ce qu'il faut de méchanceté ("Le premier homme que vous croiserez est un imbécile. Si vous pensez le contraire, interrogez-le et il vous le prouvera"). Ajoutez à cela une once d'anticléricalisme ("Chrétiens et chameaux accueillent leurs fardeaux à genoux"), une pointe de lucidité trempée dans l'ironie ("La mort n'est pas la fin ; il reste le litige sur l'héritage"), enfin une infime misogynie ("Pour étudier ce qu'il y a de bon et de mauvais chez la femme, il est inutile de faire appel à deux femmes"). Pour finir, laissez tonner et résonner la formule impeccable et de circonstance : "Un auteur populaire est quelqu'un qui écrit ce que pense le peuple. Le génie les invite à penser autre chose."

Epigrammes

En plein coeur de la vie ; histoires de soldats

This short story collection by Ambrose Bierce has all of the following stories: A Shipwreckollection, The Captain of "The Camel," The Man Overboard, A Cargo of Cat, Epigrams Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce 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." Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style. He wrote in a variety of literary genres. His short stories are held among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular following based on his roots. He wrote realistically of the terrible things he had seen in the war in such stories as "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The Boarded Window," "Killed at Resaca," and "Chickamauga." In addition to his ghost and war stories, he also published several volumes of poetry. His Fantastic Fables anticipated the ironic style of grotesquerie that became a more common genre in the 20th century.

La vague de l'océan

This   carefully crafted ebook: "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (26 Stories:   includes Chickamauga + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The   Mocking-Bird)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and   detailed table of contents.
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by   Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of   soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. His famous story   "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is included in this   collection.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist,   journalist, short-story writer and satirist. His short stories are considered   among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular following based on   his roots. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many   of his contemporaries have been consigned to oblivion. His dark, sardonic   views and vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname, "Bitter   Bierce."

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (26 Stories: includes Chickamauga + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Mocking-Bird)

Le Dictionnaire du Diable rassemble très exactement 998 définitions, qui s'accompagnent de plusieurs centaines de fausse " citations ", signées d'éminents poètes, inventés par l'auteur. La présente traduction respecte l'intégralité du texte. Sa publication débuta dans une feuille hebdomadaire en 1881, et se prolongea avec de longues interruptions, jusqu'en 1906. Ce livre a permis à Bierce de rassembler à la fois toutes les formes de son esprit et d'aborder tous les sujets.

Le dictionnaire du diable

After his ship springs a leak during a voyage, a sailor details the amusingly bizarre dangers that one can face when transporting a cargo of cats across the open seas. This light-hearted short story by Ambrose Bierce was originally published in The Wasp, a magazine he edited. 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.

A Cargo Of Cat - Short Story

En quelques lignes comme en sang, Bierce nous conte la folie de la guerre de Secession, la folie des hommes et leur solitude dans la tourmente. Une bonne lecture aujourd'hui avant d'aller affronter les chimères postulats d'invraissemblables combats moyen-âgeux.

Dernières nouvelles de la guerre

Occult and Supernatural fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world.

In its broadest definition, supernatural fiction overlaps with examples of weird fiction, horror fiction, vampire literature, ghost story, and fantasy. Elements of supernatural fiction can be found in writing from the genre of science fiction. Amongst academics, readers and collectors, however, supernatural fiction is often classed as a discrete genre defined by the elimination of "horror", "fantasy", and elements important to other genres. The one genre supernatural fiction appears to embrace in its entirety is the traditional ghost story.

Contents:

E. F. Benson

CATERPILLARS

THE SANCTUARY

THE THING IN THE HALL

THE TERROR BY NIGHT

Ambrose Bierce

AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT

Algernon Blackwood

THE WILLOWS

Ulric Daubeny

THE SUMACH

Charles Dickens

THE SIGNAL-MAN

Arthur Conan Doyle

THE CASE OF LADY SANNOX

Lord Dunsany

DISTRESSING TALE OF THANGOBRIND THE JEWELLER

William Fryer Harvey

ACROSS THE MOORS

Nathaniel Hawthorne

THE AMBITIOUS GUEST

W. W. Jacobs

THE MONKEY'S PAW

Henry James

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Franz Kafka

IN THE PENAL COLONY

David H. Keller

THE THING IN THE CELLAR

Henry Kuttner

THE GRAVEYARD RATS

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

CARMILLA

H. P. Lovecraft

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

THE CALL OF CTHULHU

POLARIS

THE QUEST OF IRANON

THE RATS IN THE WALLS

A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON

THE SECRET CAVE OR JOHN LEES ADVENTURE

THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME

THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

THE SHUNNED HOUSE

THE SILVER KEY

THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER

THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST

THE STREET

THE TEMPLE

THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN

THE TOMB

THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO

THE TREE

UNDER THE PYRAMIDS

THE VERY OLD FOLK

WHAT THE MOON BRINGS

Arthur Machen

THE GREAT GOD PAN

M. R. James

THE MEZZOTINT

THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER CATHEDRAL

THE ASH-TREE

NUMBER 13

COUNT MAGNUS

A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS

Vincent O'Sullivan

WHEN I WAS DEAD

Edgar Allan Poe

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

THE TELL-TALE HEART

Margaret Ronan

FINGER! FINGER!

Saki

GABRIEL-ERNEST

THE OPEN WINDOW

50+ Masterpieces of Occult & Supernatural Fiction - At the Mountains of Madness, The Call of Cthulhu, The Willows, The Monkey’s Paw, The Turn of the Screw and others

500 citations des grands philosophes du XXe siècle

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