Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

by Ambrose Bierce

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Dive into this eclectic, entertaining collection of tales from Ambrose Bierce, one of the masters of the American short story. Cobwebs From an Empty Skull brings together fables, essays, observations, and other thoroughly engaging odds and ends that readers of all tastes and interests are sure to enjoy.

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The moral stories are at their best told by Ambrose Bierce in his book Cobwebs from an Empty Skull.
Some stories are creepy and some are told just as a moral for the readers. Although, the writer has mentioned the moral at the end of the story. But, for some of the stories we need to decide what the writer wants to convey. My personal favorite are the stories from Fables of Zambri, the Parsee.
But, in my opinion I really enjoyed the stories and Ambrose Bierce fans should not miss this masterpiece. Read full review on bibliophileverse.blogspot.com
Μερικά από τα κατώτερα ζώα έκαναν συνέδριο για να βρουν τελεσίδικη απάντηση στο απερίγραπτα σημαντικό ερώτημα "τι είναι ζωή;" "Η ζωή", είπε ο επιστήμονας, με φωνή πνιγμένη από τη σκόνη που σήκωνε καθώς έσκαβε, "είναι η αρμονική δράση ετερογενών πλην όμως σχετικών δυνάμεων, που λειτουργούν σύμφωνα με ορισμένους φυσικούς νόμους". "Α!" κραύγασε έναρθρα ο εραστής. "Είναι η υπέρτατη ευτυχία να σμίγεις με τον show more αγαπημένο σου". Και τυλίγοντας την ουρά του σ’ ένα κλαδί, ταλαντεύτηκε προς τον ουρανό μ’ έναν σπασμό...
Οι μύθοι αυτού του βιβλίου έχουν τη δική τους περιπέτεια.
Αποτελούν μέρος του βιβλίου "Ιστοί Αράχνης από μια Νεκροκεφαλή" του Ντοντ Γκρηλ, που εκδόθηκε το 1874 στο Λονδίνο. Ποιος ήταν ο Ντοντ Γκρηλ; Μα ο ίδιος ο "κάκιστος", "μοχθηρότατος" και αναπόδραστα "σοφότατος" Αμπρόουζ Μπηρς. Χρησιμοποίησε ψευδώνυμο διότι, ως γνωστόν, οι άνθρωποι αντιδρούν πολύ άσχημα στην καυστική κριτική. Όταν μάλιστα αυτή η κριτική γίνεται με χιούμορ, μπορούμε να πούμε ότι εξαγριώνονται στην κυριολεξία. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)
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Ambrose Bierce was a brilliant, bitter, and cynical journalist. He is also the author of several collections of ironic epigrams and at least one powerful story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Bierce was born in Ohio, where he had an unhappy childhood. He served in the Union army during the Civil War. Following the war, he moved to San show more Francisco, where he worked as a columnist for the newspaper the Examiner, for which he wrote a number of satirical sketches. Bierce wrote a number of horror stories, some poetry, and countless essays. He is best known, however, for The Cynic's Word Book (1906), retitled The Devil's Dictionary in 1911, a collection of such cynical definitions as "Marriage: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two." Bierce's own marriage ended in divorce, and his life ended mysteriously. In 1913, he went to Mexico and vanished, presumably killed in the Mexican revolution. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
Original title
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
Original publication date
1874
Disambiguation notice
Contains:
・Fables of Zambri, the Parsee
・Brief Seasons of Intellectual
・Dissipation
・The Grateful Bear
・The Setting Sachem
・Feodora
・The Legend of Immortal Truth
・Converting a Prodigal<... (show all)br>・Four Jacks and a Knave
・Dr. Deadwood, I Presume
・Nut-Cracking
・The Magician's Little Joke
・Seafaring
・Tony Rollo's Conclusion
・No Charge for Attendance
・Pernicketty's Fright
・Juniper
・Following the Sea
・A Tale of Spanish Vengeance
・Mrs. Dennison's Head
・A Fowl Witch
・The Civil Service in Florida
・A Tale of the Bosphorus
・John Smith
・Sundered Hearts
・The Early History of Bath
・The Following Dorg
・Snaking
・Maud's Papa
・Jim Beckwourth's Pond
・Stringing a Bear

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Horror
DDC/MDS
813.4Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in EnglishLater 19th Century 1861-1900
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PS1097 .Z5 .B547Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors19th century
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