An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

by Ambrose Bierce

Book Overview

Ambrose Bierce wrote stories so dramatically different from those of his contemporaries that they hardly seem like they were written in the nineteenth century. These original and innovative tales, most of which appeared in the 1880s and 1890s, constitute 23 examples of his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbarism and futility of bloodshed; horror stories with a keenly ironic edge; and sardonic "tall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486466574
• ISBN13: 9780486466576
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 8.2"