Book Description
Allegedly a rewriting from a lost German original, Ambrose Bierce's 1892 novel reads as a seamless, almost folk-like masterpiece. This lavish cloth edition ontains full background material and explanatory notes.
On arriving at a rural monastery, the monk Ambrosius meets a young girl, Benedicta. She is shunned the community for being the daughter of the local hangman, but Ambrosius is drawn into a dangerous sympathy with her and, in defiance, he starts spending time alone with her. But when her virtue is corrupted by an impetuous young man, the stage is set for a bettle between heart, mind, body, spirit, the sins of the past and redemption.
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About the Author
Born in Ohio in 1842, AMBROSE BIERCE was a short story writer, novelist, journalist, essayist and critic who also served in the American Civil War. He is best remembered for the ghost story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and for Devil's Dictionary.
This text refers to an alternate
Hardcover
edition.