The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays / 1909
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his The Devil's Dictionary (1911). He wrote some of his books under the pseudonyms Dod Grile and J. Milton Sloluck. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been consigned to oblivion. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname, "Bitter Bierce. " Such was his reputation that it was said his judgment on any piece of prose or poetry could make or break a writer's career. His short s...
Chapters (60)
- THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS
- Edited by S. O. HOWES
- A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR
- PREFACE
- THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- CIVILIZATION
- I.
- II.
- THE GAME OF POLITICS
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX
- SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- ARBITRATION
- INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT
- I.
- II.
- III.
- CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES
- I.
- II.
- III.
- THE DEATH PENALTY
- I.
- II.
- III.
- RELIGION
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- IMMORTALITY
- OPPORTUNITY
- CHARITY
- EMANCIPATED WOMAN
- THE OPPOSING SEX
- THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT
- A DISSERTATION ON DOGS
- THE ANCESTRAL BOND
- THE RIGHT TO WORK
- THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF
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