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About Ambrose Bierce
American author, journalist, and poet
Ambrose Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. He was a prolific writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his sharp literary style and his influence on American journalism and fiction. He wrote realist fiction, horror, satire, war stories, and poetry, and was also known as a forceful literary critic. His work later won broader recognition for its range, especially his fiction and poems, while his war writing influenced later writers such as Stephen Crane and Ernest Hemingway.
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- “חנינה היא אצילותה של המדינה כלפי עבריינים שאותם יהיה יקר יותר להעניש.”Ambrose Bierce
- “היוועצות - האמנות של בחינת פת לחמו של הזולת, כדי לדעת על איזה צד מרוחה החמאה.”Ambrose Bierce
- “בקיאות (ש"ע) - אבק שנוער מעל ספר לתוך גולגולת ריקה.”Ambrose Bierce
- “מעשי קסמים הם האמנות של הפיכת אמונות טפלות למטבעות.”Ambrose Bierce
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Books by Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary
2007
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
2003
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
1874
Can Such Things Be? [24 stories]
1893
Can Such Things Be?
2015