{"product_id":"tales-of-soldiers-and-civilians-and-other-stories-9780140437560","title":"Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eQuesting after Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces, Ambrose Bierce rode into Mexico in 1913 and was never seen again. He left behind him the\u003ci\u003eDevil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and a remarkable body of short fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new collection gathers some of Bierce's finest stories, including the celebrated Civil War fictions '\u003ci\u003eAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e' and '\u003ci\u003eChickamauga\u003c\/i\u003e', his macabre masterpieces, and his tales of supernatural horror. Reminiscent of Poe, these stories are marked by a sardonic humour and a realistic study of tense emotional states. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 4.94w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140437560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Quirk\u003c\/b\u003e is the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of Mark Twain's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1994) and Ambrose Bierce's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2000) and co-editor of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portable American Realism Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1997). His other books include \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing to Grips with Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1993), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1997) and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Abstract: Investigations in the American Literary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ambrose Bierce \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792935174301,"sku":"9780140437560","price":36.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e764e5b4-1849-4298-9d71-07c5f38aec41.jpg?v=1774984998","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tales-of-soldiers-and-civilians-and-other-stories-9780140437560","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}