The Short Fiction of Ambrose Bierce
Subtitle: I
Contributors: S. T. Joshi (Editor); Lawrence I. Berkove (Editor); David E. Schultz (Editor)
Edition: A Comprehensive Edition
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781572335363
Subjects: Short Stories (single author); Literature - Classics / Criticism; American - General; Literary Criticism; Fiction - General; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections / American / General
Table of contents: title: Includes selected textual variants (p. 461-[498]). pt. 1. 1868 to 1876. Letters from a Hdkhoite --; title: The aborigines of Oakland --; title: A scientific dream --; title: Across the continent --; title: The haunted valley --; title: Some fiction : from the fiend's delight --; title: One more unfortunate --; title: The strong young man of Colusa --; title: The glad new year --; title: The late Dowling, Senior --; title: Love's labor lost --; title: A comforter --; title: Little Isaac --; title: The heels of her --; title: A tale of two feet --; title: The Scolliver pig --; title: Mr. Hunker's mourner --; title: A bit of chivalry --; title: The head of the family --; title: Deathbed repentance --; title: The new church that was not built --; title: A tale of the great quake --; title: Johnny --; title: The child's provider --; title: Boys who began wrong --; title: A Kansas incident --; title: Mr. Grile's girl --; title: His railway --; title: Mr. Gish makes a present --; title: A cow-county pleasantry --; title: The optimist, and what he died of --; title: The root of education --; title: Retribution --; title: The faithful wife --; title: Margaret the childless --; title: The discomfited demon --; title: The mistake of a life --; title: L.S. --; title: The baffled Asian --; title: Crazy tales: from nuggets and dust --; title: A midsummer day's dream --; title: A mournful property --; title: The disgusted convert --; title: The classical cadet --; title: D.T. --; title: A working girl's story --; title: Ex parte omne --; title: A delicate hint --; title: Making a clean breast of it --; title: Paternal responsibility --; title: Hanner's wit --; title: Somebody's arms --; title: A deceptive heading --; title: The suicide --; title: Maternal precaution --; title: Unclaimed luggage --; title: The pridies --; title: Dr. Deadwood, I presume --; title: The magician's little joke --; title: Nut-cracking --; title: Sundered hearts --; title: A fowl witch --; title: A tale of Spanish vengeance --; title: Juniper --; title: Four jacks and a knave --; title: Seafaring --; title: No charge for attendance --; title: Feodora. A tale of the bosphorus --; title: The grateful bear --; title: The early history of Bath --; title: John Smith, liberator --; title: Converting a prodigal --; title: The civil service in Florida --; title: Mrs. Dennison's head --; title: Pernicketty's fright --; title: Following the sea --; title: Tony Rollo's conclusion --; title: The following dorg --; title: Maumee's mission --; title: Snaking --; title: Maud's papa --; title: Jim Beckwourth's pond --; title: How to saw bears --; title: The new bedder --; title: Samuel Baxter, M.D --; title: Jeph Benedick's grandmother --; title: The sanctity of an oath --; title: A remarkable adventure --; title: The Dempsters --; title: Authenticating a ghost --; title: Jo Dornan and the ram --; title: Banking at Mexican Hill --; title: To Fiji and return --; title: Concerning balloons --; title: Two stories about Johnson --; title: A champion of the sex --; title: How I came to like dogs --; title: Mr. Jim Beckwourth's adventure --; title: Why I am not editing "the Stinger" --; title: Corrupting the press --; title: Mr. Barcle's mill --; title: Little Larry --; title: My muse --; title: The night-doings at "Deadman's" --; title: A providential intimation --; title: Confessions of a sad dog --; title: The wreck of the Orion --; title: The late John Sweetbosh, esq --; title: Largo al gapperino --; title: The baptism of Dobsho --; title: The race at left bower --; title: A literary riot --; title: A shipwreckollection --; title: Perry Chumly's eclipse --; title: Mr. Masthead, journalist --; title: Mr. Swiddler's flip-flap --; title: The lion at bay --; title: The little story --; title: The failure of Hope & Wandel --; title: Curried cow --; title: Stringing a bear --; title: The miraculous guest --; title: A representative inquest --; title: Storm and sunshine --; title: An upper class misdemeanant --; title: A holiday experience --; title: The captain of the Camel --; title: The man overboard. pt. 2. 1877 to 1886. The famous Gilson bequest --; title: A psychological shipwreck --; title: Sam Baxter's eel --; title: A bad woman --; title: That dog --; title: By her own hand --; title: Infernia --; title: Boarding a bear --; title: The following bear --; title: A holy terror --; title: George Thurston --; title: A mirage in Arizona --; title: A cargo of cat --; title: Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general --; title: The history of Windbag the Sailor --; title: An imperfect conflagration --; title: My credentials --; title: A revolt of the gods --; title: The bubble reputation --; title: A story at the club --; title: An inhabitant of Carcosa.