For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete works of master storyteller Ambrose Bierce. This comprehensive eBook is spiced with numerous illustrations, rare and forgotten texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bierce's life and works

* Concise introductions to the collections and other texts

* The rare novella THE DANCE OF DEATH appears here for the first time in digital print

* ALL the short story collections, with individual contents tables

* Featuring 475 tales, many appearing for the first time in digital print

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Famous works such as COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry, essays and the short stories

* Easily locate the works you want to read

* The complete non-fiction, with many scarce essays and newspaper articles

* Includes Bierce's letters - spend hours exploring the author's personal correspondence

* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Bierce's contribution to literature

* Also provides a unique 'Biercian Texts' section with interesting articles on the works and disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

* Features a bonus full-length biography - discover Bierce's literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Novellas

THE DANCE OF DEATH

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW

The Short Story Collections

THE FIEND'S DELIGHT

COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

PRESENT AT A HANGING, AND OTHER GHOST STORIES

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE: TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS

CAN SUCH THINGS BE?

FANTASTIC FABLES

NEGLIGIBLE TALES

THE PARENTICIDE CLUB

THE FOURTH ESTATE

THE OCEAN WAVE

KINGS OF BEASTS

TWO ADMINISTRATIONS

MISCELLANEOUS TALES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Poetry Collections

BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

SHAPES OF CLAY

FABLES IN RHYME

SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS

THE SCRAP HEAP

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Non-Fiction

THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYS

THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

WRITE IT RIGHT

ASHES OF THE BEACON

"ON WITH THE DANCE!": A REVIEW

A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE

TANGENTIAL VIEWS

BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS

The Essays

LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Letters

THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

The Criticism

AMBROSE BIERCE by Vincent Starrett

AMBROSE BIERCE: AN APPRAISAL by Frederic Tabor Cooper

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BOOST BIERCE INTO IMMORTALITY

THE UNDERGROUND REPUTATION OF AMBROSE BIERCE

AMBROSE BIERCE by Ella Sterling Cummins

Biercian Texts

LIST OF BIERCIAN ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

The Biography

AMBROSE BIERCE: A BIOGRAPHY by Carey McWilliams

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• Publication Date: December 1, 2013
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