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Bierce, Ambrose: Collected Works | v.3.1 | Update 29 May 2016
This volume offers the Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913, Wikipedia). While Version 1.0 only had the fictional writings that were published under his own name, I have added the non-fictional texts and the pseudonomously published early books for Version 2.0. It now has everything that was contained in the 12-volume The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (New York, 1909–1912), which was supervised by Bierce himself. The texts are arranged under the titles of previously published books and some new sections, which I have regrouped by literary genre.
So, this is what you’ll find in this volume: The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) Epigrams Early Writings The Fiend’s Delight (1873) Nuggets and Dust (1873) (see update v.3.0) Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874) The Dance of Death (1877) Stories Ashes of the Beacon The Land beyond the Blow For the Ahkoond In the Midst of Life—Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1898) Can Such Things Be? (1893) The Ways of Ghosts Soldier-Folk Some Haunted Houses “Mysterious Disappearances” The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter (1892) Negligible Tales The Parenticide Club The Fourth Estate The Ocean Wave Kings of Beasts Miscellaneous Fables Fantastic Fables Fables from “Fun” Æsopus Emendatus Old Saws with New Teeth Fables in Rhyme Plays The Mummery Two Administrations Poems Shapes of Clay Some Ante-Mortem Epitaphs The Scrap Heap Black Beetles in Amber On Stone Essays, Articles & Reviews Bits of Autobiography “On with the Dance!” A Review Tangential Views The Opinionator The Reviewer The Controversialist The Timorous Reporter The March Hare The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays (1909) Write It Right I started with the Gutenberg texts and resorted them according to “The Collected Works”. I proofread and added about 90 missing poems and some fables, checked and corrected the formatting, assigned classes to poems, quotes, subtitles, section breaks, etc. Quotes are curly, footnotes are active, fonts are embedded, and italics have been restored when they were missing. There are tables of contents for the collection and all of the books, and links after each text/chapter leading to the respective tables, so navigation should be easy. Alphabetical indexes for stories, fables, poems, and essays bring you to the texts you’re looking for. All the best, pynch. Update | v.3.0 | 22 May 2016 Added the last missing of his early books, Nuggets and Dust, and proofed most of the other texts against 10 volumes of The Collected Works or the first/early editions. About two thousand mistakes and variants were corrected. Update | v.3.1 | 29 May 2016 Proofed the three missing books against 2 volumes of The Collected Works and changed the cover. Previous Download Count: 1061. This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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Thanks pynch. Once again a beautiful job.
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Thanks again for a great job. And may we have some inkling of the next instalments?
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v.2.0 | Update 17 Nov 2013
I have added the non-fictional writings and pseudonomously published early books to the collection, renamed it accordingly, and replaced the cover.
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Update | v.3.0 | 22 May 2016
Added the last missing of his early books, Nuggets and Dust, of which pages 161-164 were unfortunately not present in the only scan that I could find. Can anybody help?
With the exceptions of Black Beetles in Amber, The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays, and “The Mummery”, I have proofed all the texts in this collection against 10 volumes of The Collected Works or the first/early editions. About two thousand mistakes and variants were corrected. The rest will follow soon. |
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Update | v.3.1 | 29 May 2016
I have proofed the three missing books against 2 volumes of The Collected Works and changed the cover.
I forgot to mention last week that I included the illustrations from the first edition of The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter. I consider this to be finished now, so please let me know if you find any mistakes. |
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