Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - (Penguin Classics) by Ambrose Bierce (Paperback)

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Questing after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again.
About the Author: Tom Quirk is the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
304 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
Series Name: Penguin Classics

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Questing after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again. He left behind him theDevil's Dictionary and a remarkable body of short fiction.

This new collection gathers some of Bierce's finest stories, including the celebrated Civil War fictions 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' and 'Chickamauga', his macabre masterpieces, and his tales of supernatural horror. Reminiscent of Poe, these stories are marked by a sardonic humour and a realistic study of tense emotional states.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About the Author

Tom Quirk is the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of Mark Twain's Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches (1994) and Ambrose Bierce's Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories (2000) and co-editor of The Portable American Realism Reader (1997). His other books include Coming to Grips with Huckleberry Finn (1993), Mark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction (1997) and Nothing Abstract: Investigations in the American Literary Imagination (2001).

Dimensions (Overall): 7.78 Inches (H) x 4.94 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .54 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 304

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Series Title: Penguin Classics

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Format: Paperback

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Language: English

Street Date: February 1, 2000

TCIN: 90809597

UPC: 9780140437560

Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-6962

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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