Ambrose Bierce: Complete Collection of Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated) (Annotated Classics)

* Illustrated with the original images.

* Annotated with concise introduction, including analysis of Ambrose Bierce's works as well as modern view on Ambrose Bierce's historical background.

* Original footnotes are hyperlinked for easy reference.

* The collection includes alphabetical and chronological indexes of Ambrose Bierce's works.

* Each book features its own active Table of Contents.

* Includes Ambrose Bierce's Biography.

* Includes Ambrose Bierce's most famous quotes.

* Includes analysis of Ambrose Bierce's literary style.

* All Annotated Classics books are beautifully designed for easy reading and navigation on e-Readers and mobile devices.



CONTENTS:



NOVELLAS

The Dance of Death

The Land Beyond the Blow

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter



SHORT STORIES COLLECTIONS

Cobwebs From an Empty Skull Illustrated

The Fiend's Delight

Can Such Things Be? Illustrated

Fantastic Fables

The Fourth Estate

For the Ahkoond

Kings of Beasts

Negligible Tales

The Ocean Wave

The Parenticide Club

Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Illustrated

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also known as In the Midst of Life)

Two Administrations

Miscellaneous



NON-FICTION

Ashes of the Beacon

Bits of Autobiography

The Controversialist

A Cynic Looks at Life

The Devil's Dictionary

For the Ahkoond

John Smith, Liberator

The March Hare

"On with the Dance!"

The Opinionator

The Reviewer

The Shadow on the Dial, and other essays

Tangential Views

The Timorous Reporter

Write It Right



POETRY

Black Beetles in Amber

Fables in Rhyme

Poesy

The Scrap Heap

Shapes of Clay

Some Aante-Mortem Epitaphs



EPIGRAMS

Epigrams

Epigrams of a Cynic



BIOGRAPHY & HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The Letters of Ambrose Bierce edited by Bertha Clark Pope with a Memoir by George Sterling

Ambrose Bierce by Vincent Starrett

Biography

Chronological Order



QUOTES & ANALYSIS

Quotes

Works' Analysis:

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Killed at Resaca

The Devil's Dictionary

The Damned Thing

An Inhabitant of Carcosa

The Moonlit Road

An Unfinished Race

The Underground Reputation of Ambrose Bierce by Edward Jewitt Wheeler

The Mystery of Ambrose Bierce by Richard Barry, Author and Journalist