Ambrose Bierce

Subjects

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

Places

United States, Owl Creek Bridge, Alabama, Mallard residence, Carcosa, Jefferson, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, San Francisco, New England, Salem Village, England, India, Louisiana, New York, Eton College, Italy, London, Padua, Toledo, University of Padua, Wall Street, Florida, Fountain of Youth

People

Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Hugh Morgan, William Harker, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Devil, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Dr. Helberson, Dr. Mancher, Fortunato, John H. Watson, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi

Time

1861-65, 19th century, 1861-1865, Civil War, Antebellum era, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1600s, American Civil War, 20th century, Carnival, carnival, 1692, 1890, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 17th century, 1860s, 1888, 1889, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19e siecle