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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

"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Tales from New York Town Topics on December 7, 1893. 

The story begins in Hugh Morgan's cabin, where local men have gathered around the battered corpse of Hugh Morgan to hold an inquest concerning his death.

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The Damned Thing - A Horror Short Story

Histoires impossibles

Jacques Sternberg : Le jeune Ambrose est le cadet d'une famille de neuf enfants nés d'un père pauvre et excentrique, fermier de son état. Un milieu fruste, presque sordide, où très vite Bierce étouffe, déjà marqué par sa haine de la famille et de la pauvreté. Témoin de cette haine bien enracinée : les quatre nouvelles d'humour noir groupées sous le titre Le club des parenticides qui détaillent, avec un splendide luxe de raffinement, l'art de tuer ses parents les plus proches dans les conditions les plus atroces. Pièces magistrales qui, souvent imitées, demeurent des échantillons exemplaires de ce que l'humour noir peut proposer de plus glacial, de plus grinçant et de plus macabre.

Le club des parenticides

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.

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This   carefully crafted ebook: "Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce" is formatted   for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
This ebook is from the Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce. Epigram is a   short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or   acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. 
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. He spoke out against   oppression and supported civil and religious freedoms. He also wrote numerous   Civil War stories from first-hand experience. Many of his works are ranked   among other esteemed American authors' like Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen Crane   and Mark Twain.

Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

Scepticisme, dérision, causticité, lucidité, telles sont les vertus cardinales - ou les impardonnables travers - du père du dictionnaire du diable qui avait pour devise : "rien n'a d'importance".
 Redoutable et redouté journaliste, dictateur littéraire capable d'établir ou de torpiller une réputation, brillant satiriste - peut-être le meilleur depuis voltaire - mais aussi poète et nouvelliste, ambrose bierce (1842-1914) doit sa place dans la littérature américaine à un remarquable talent de conteur d'histoires aussi noires qu'hallucinées.

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