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Una tumba sin fondo
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8 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1888
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About the author
Ambrose Bierce
2,442 books1,302 followersdied perhaps 1914
Caustic wit and a strong sense of horror mark works, including In the Midst of Life (1891-1892) and The Devil's Dictionary (1906), of American writer Ambrose Gwinett Bierce.
People today best know this editorialist, journalist, and fabulist for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his lexicon.
The informative sardonic view of human nature alongside his vehemence as a critic with his motto, "nothing matters," earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce."
People knew Bierce despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, to encourage younger poet George Sterling and fiction author W.C. Morrow.
Bierce employed a distinctive style especially in his stories. This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events.
Bierce disappeared in December 1913 at the age of 71 years. People think that he traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on ongoing revolution of that country.
Theories abound on a mystery, ultimate fate of Bierce. He in one of his final letters stated: "Good-bye. If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags, please know that I think it is a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico--ah, that is euthanasia!"
Caustic wit and a strong sense of horror mark works, including In the Midst of Life (1891-1892) and The Devil's Dictionary (1906), of American writer Ambrose Gwinett Bierce.
People today best know this editorialist, journalist, and fabulist for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his lexicon.
The informative sardonic view of human nature alongside his vehemence as a critic with his motto, "nothing matters," earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce."
People knew Bierce despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, to encourage younger poet George Sterling and fiction author W.C. Morrow.
Bierce employed a distinctive style especially in his stories. This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events.
Bierce disappeared in December 1913 at the age of 71 years. People think that he traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on ongoing revolution of that country.
Theories abound on a mystery, ultimate fate of Bierce. He in one of his final letters stated: "Good-bye. If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags, please know that I think it is a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico--ah, that is euthanasia!"
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October 25, 2019
This is also in the Classic Ghost Stories book. I have never heard of Ambrose Bierce. This story was really weird for me. Did I like it?? Yes I did, but I cannot wrap my mind around the story it was so weird. I still trying to understand it lol.
October 28, 2022
One should remember that Ambrose Bierce used satire as a sharpened tool in his writer's toolbox and there was plenty of satire thrown at all kinds of professions in this weird tale of a domestic dysfunctional family.
July 7, 2023
Turbio
February 21, 2016
Creepy! Stick with this weird, witty tale for the shocking end. I promise: you will read this short story twice. Woah.
November 30, 2022
4/5 estrellas.
Es creepy, grotesco un poco, y te deja todo el tiempo sintiendo que también estás ahí, con los dedos llenos de tierra, entre las ratas, sepultando muertos, sin saber lo que se viene.
Es creepy, grotesco un poco, y te deja todo el tiempo sintiendo que también estás ahí, con los dedos llenos de tierra, entre las ratas, sepultando muertos, sin saber lo que se viene.
December 10, 2019
Es una historia macabra con un aroma a una historia de Poe, pero con un final impactante.
January 25, 2022
A buttomless grave by Ambrose Bierce
It's a short story that you can easily read in one evening.
It was weird, creepy, and unexpected with a great and shocking ending.
To be honest I don't understand it fully I definitely need to read it again. But I still enjoyed it. Still thinking about the story and trying to understand it.
It's a short story that you can easily read in one evening.
It was weird, creepy, and unexpected with a great and shocking ending.
To be honest I don't understand it fully I definitely need to read it again. But I still enjoyed it. Still thinking about the story and trying to understand it.
August 11, 2022
Una historia así sin más, no me pareció mala pero me quedó con sabor a poco
April 13, 2023
Es cortito, fantasioso, incluso gracioso me gustó mucho
June 21, 2024
3⭐️… Bastante turbio 👀☠️
September 14, 2025
This was an unusual and unsettling read. I’m still processing it, and the ending, in particular, was strikingly odd—leaving me with more questions than answers.
September 20, 2025
One eared baby was the trailer for the unhinged stuff that was to follow. Did I see the Republican/Democrat thing coming? No.
This was a good satire: sneaky, crazy, sharp.
This was a good satire: sneaky, crazy, sharp.
January 17, 2026
El protagonista es egoísta, egocéntrico y narcisista. Es la personificación de como el ser humano se puede moldear por el entorno (en este caso inculcado por la madre) para luego ajustar todo lo que le pase a una version donde él debe recibir algo o donde él es quien sufre y nadie mas. Se ve a si mismo como una persona merecedora de lo mejor, omitiendo lo bueno que ya tiene.
El relato inicia contándonos como es una pobre alma que no es millonaria (cuando en realidad vive de una forma bastante privilegiada, con educación y casa grande). Esta forma distorsionada de creerse como alguien que merece todo inicia y se nutre por la madre, quien prefirió tomarlo como su elegido.
Es curioso que tras el asesinato de su padre, y posteriormente el juez, la familia entera empieza a ganarse la vida de una forma deshonrosa, realizando diferentes robos, estafas y posteriormente asesinatos, es irónico que cuando el protagonista se da cuenta de que su padre esta vivo lo juzga de una forma que denota su supuesta superioridad, la cita "no era mejor que un ladrón" o de igual forma "un error que tenia casi la dignidad de un crimen" muestra perfectamente la urgencia del humano para juzgar lo externo y justificar lo interno.
Es un libro muy corto pero divertido en su forma de mostrar todo con un cinismo y sátira que deja mucho a interpretación.
El relato inicia contándonos como es una pobre alma que no es millonaria (cuando en realidad vive de una forma bastante privilegiada, con educación y casa grande). Esta forma distorsionada de creerse como alguien que merece todo inicia y se nutre por la madre, quien prefirió tomarlo como su elegido.
Es curioso que tras el asesinato de su padre, y posteriormente el juez, la familia entera empieza a ganarse la vida de una forma deshonrosa, realizando diferentes robos, estafas y posteriormente asesinatos, es irónico que cuando el protagonista se da cuenta de que su padre esta vivo lo juzga de una forma que denota su supuesta superioridad, la cita "no era mejor que un ladrón" o de igual forma "un error que tenia casi la dignidad de un crimen" muestra perfectamente la urgencia del humano para juzgar lo externo y justificar lo interno.
Es un libro muy corto pero divertido en su forma de mostrar todo con un cinismo y sátira que deja mucho a interpretación.
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