Reviews of book: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Bloodorange rated it

9 years ago

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(I forgot how short it was; it turns out half of my text was the full Project Gutenberg license, which took me by surprise). I liked it, probably because Bierce didn't try to stretch it out (cough-[b:Oblomov|254308|Oblomov|Ivan Goncharov|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1446568199s/254308.jpg|1192093]-...

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Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it

11 years ago

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This book is absolutely one of my favorites. It's touching and heartbreaking! It's ending is unexpected!“he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment” -- This is one of my favorite lines!I truly loved it. And I highly recommend it.

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A Bookworm's Definitive Story rated it

12 years ago

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Did not really worked out. I'd like to try again someday.

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beishir rated it

12 years ago

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A classic short-story by [a:Ambrose Bierce|14403|Ambrose Bierce|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1183231430p2/14403.jpg]. A southern farmer is to be hanged from a railroad bridge by Union troops during the War of Northern Aggression...then something happens.4 STARS

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List Lover rated it

12 years ago

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I read this in school. It totally creeped me out, and I still think about it all the time. A lot of books and movies have borrowed the main plot in this short story.

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Rowena's Reviews rated it

13 years ago

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Wow! This was not what I was expecting at all!

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heidenkind rated it

13 years ago

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Cheerful. Where's Clint Eastwood when you need him?

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D3's Booklog rated it

14 years ago

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A near perfect shorty story. I remember reading this, and seeing a television adaptation in class, while I was in junior high and being blown away. I wasn't used to being blown away by books we were supposed to read for school and this was one of the first times where I got an inkling of what fictio...

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Bettie's Books rated it

15 years ago

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Thoughtaudio.com - free audioblurb Set during the time of the American Civil War, this story is about a man named Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer who attempted to demolish the Owl Creek Bridge, but was caught and condemned to die by hanging. But all is not what it seems to be in this tale...

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The Drift Of Things rated it

16 years ago

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I wanted to read this because Kurt Vonnegut said it was the greatest short story ever, or some such nonsense. I'm really just not impressed. Sorry, Kurt. Oh, well, it was only a few pages. Not terrible, but nothing to crow about.

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by Ambrose Bierce