How Long to Read The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

How Long Does it Take to Read The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 29 minutes to read The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Stuart C. Woodruff

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

One of the most interesting figures to emerge at the turn of the twentieth century was Ambrose Bierce, whose acerbic columns in the San Francisco Examiner spread his fame as America’s most bitter cynic and misanthrope, and whose disappearance into Mexico surrounded his name with an aura of mystery. Although best known during his lifetime for his journalism and always critical of his own writing—“the magnificent intention mocked by the actual achievement”—Bierce’s fiction endures, especially his short stories about the Civil War. Originally published in the 1890s and rediscovered in the 1920s, the Civil War stories are filled with unsparing descriptions of death and suffering, disillusionment and fatalism. They also show a concern for form and craftsmanship, a controlled irony, and an economy of detail that are distinctly modern. In this pioneering study of Bierce’s stories, Stuart Woodruff examines the best and worst of Bierce’s fiction with clarity and excellent critical sense, and he traces the causes of Bierce’s success and failure as a writer, analyzing his inability to reconcile the extremes of temperament and belief that marked his life and give his stories their characteristic form. Among the pieces discussed: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Mocking-bird,” “One of the Missing,” “Chickamauga,” “Haïta the Shepherd,” “What I Saw at Shiloh,” and excerpts from The Devil’s Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.

How long is The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce?

The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Stuart C. Woodruff is 205 pages long, and a total of 52,275 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 45 minutes to read The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce aloud.

What Reading Level is The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce?

The Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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