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Short Stories: The Realm of the Unreal

Short Stories: The Realm of the Unreal

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Product Code:
2330-01
ISBN
978-619-01-0466-7
SKU
03.0098
Year
20-06-2019
Translation
From English: Ogniana Ivanova
Pages
256
Size
140/215 мм
Weight
0.32 кг
Collection
Колекция "Магика"
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Horror, Stories, Thriller

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842–1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized…

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Ambrose Bierce, author of the mordantly witty satire The Devil's Dictionary - a long established Folio favourite - was also one of the most talented short-story writers of his day, renowned for his blackly comic fantasies. This collection is the ideal way to enjoy his gripping tales. Bierce's fascination with the surreal made him a brilliant writer of ghost and horror stories, as shown in the title story of this collection which features an unnerving encounter with the mysterious hypnotist Dr Dorrimore. In the eerie "The Man and the Snake", a man is hypnotised and killed by an enormous serpent - which turns out to be only a stuffed toy.

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