Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

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By Ambrose Bierce

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ebook

Series

Delphi Series Three

Author

Ambrose Bierce

Publisher

Delphi Classics

Release

11 August 2015

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Classic Literature Fiction
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For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete works of master storyteller Ambrose Bierce. This comprehensive eBook is spiced with numerous illustrations, rare and forgotten texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

  • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bierce's life and works

  • Concise introductions to the collections and other texts

  • The rare novella THE DANCE OF DEATH appears here for the first time in digital print

  • ALL the short story collections, with individual contents tables

  • Featuring 475 tales, many appearing for the first time in digital print

  • Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

  • Excellent formatting of the texts

  • Famous works such as COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

    are fully illustrated with their original artwork

  • Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry, essays and the short stories

  • Easily locate the works you want to read

  • The complete non-fiction, with many scarce essays and newspaper articles

  • Includes Bierce's letters – spend hours exploring the author's personal correspondence

  • Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Bierce's contribution to literature

  • Also provides a unique 'Biercian Texts' section with interesting articles on the works and disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

  • Features a bonus full biography – discover Bierce's literary life

  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

    CONTENTS:

    The Novellas

    THE DANCE OF DEATH

    THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

    THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW

    The Short Story Collections

    THE FIEND'S DELIGHT

    COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

    PRESENT AT A HANGING, AND OTHER GHOST STORIES

    IN THE MIDST OF LIFE: TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS

    CAN SUCH THINGS BE?

    FANTASTIC FABLES

    NEGLIGIBLE TALES

    THE PARENTICIDE CLUB

    THE FOURTH ESTATE

    THE OCEAN WAVE

    KINGS OF BEASTS

    TWO ADMINISTRATIONS

    MISCELLANEOUS TALES

    The Short Stories

    LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

    LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

    The Poetry Collections

    BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

    SHAPES OF CLAY

    FABLES IN RHYME

    SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS

    THE SCRAP HEAP

    The Poems

    LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

    LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

    The Non-Fiction

    THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYS

    THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

    WRITE IT RIGHT

    ASHES OF THE BEACON

    "ON WITH THE DANCE!": A REVIEW

    A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE

    TANGENTIAL VIEWS

    BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

    MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

    UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS

    The Essays

    LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

    LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

    The Letters

    THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

    The Criticism

    AMBROSE BIERCE by Vincent Starrett

    AMBROSE BIERCE: AN APPRAISAL by Frederic Tabor Cooper

    ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BOOST BIERCE INTO IMMORTALITY

    THE UNDERGROUND REPUTATION OF AMBROSE BIERCE

    AMBROSE BIERCE by Ella Sterling Cummins

    Biercian Texts

    LIST OF BIERCIAN ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

    The Biography

    AMBROSE BIERCE: A BIOGRAPHY by Carey McWilliams

    • Format

    ebook

    Series

    Delphi Series Three

    Author

    Ambrose Bierce

    Publisher

    Delphi Classics

    Release

    11 August 2015

    Share

    Subjects

    Classic Literature Fiction
    Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)