Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- First Published: 1891
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Courage, Fear, Civil War, War, Death or dying, Fate or fatalism, Soldiers
Ambrose Bierce wrote volumes of acid, satirical prose in his long career as a journalist, and even managed to get a somewhat pretentious twelve-volume edition of his collected works published. Most of it, because of its time-bound nature, was doomed to oblivion by the time the edition appeared. The work that continues to survive is the collection of short stories titled Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. Bierce’s literary reputation rests largely on this book.
The bland title of this collection stands in ironic contrast to the vision of life that informs the stories...
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