Ambrose Bierce

Subjects

Fiction, Classic Literature, History, hanging, Union, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Juvenile audience, civil war, Short Stories, short story, Imagination, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short stories, American literature, self-fulfilment, Short stories, American Horror tales, Children's fiction, Horror tales, horror, Collections, Horror stories

Places

United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Carcosa, L’Abri, San Francisco, New York, Wall Street, England, India, Amazon rainforest, Araby, Araby bazaar, Caribbean, North Richmond Street, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet

People

Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Désirée, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Armand Aubigny, La Blanche, Sandrine, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato

Time

1861-65, 19th century, 1861-1865, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, 1600s, Carnival, 20th century, American Civil War, carnival, 1692, 1860s, 1888, 1890, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December, 17th century, 1889, 1895, 1920s, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942