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A Son of the Gods
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Verlag: | Serapis Classics |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 25.09.2017 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783962555924 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 50 |
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Beschreibungen
Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius. Poet, critic, satirist, fun-maker, incomparable writer of fables and masterly prose sketches, a seer of startling insight, a reasoner mercilessly logical, with the delicate wit and keenness of an Irving or an Addison, the dramatic quality of a Hugo, - all of these, and still in the prime of his powers; yet so restricted has been his output and so little exploited that only the judicious few have been impressed...