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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce

Short stories · Gothic · History

Open Library OL14863196W

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was originally published by the San Francisco Examiner and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream-of-consciousness narrative mode.

About the author

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) is represented here by 18 public-domain titles, including A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, and Black Beetles in Amber. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Ambrose Bierce.

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