An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

⏱ 8 minAmerican classic

A Confederate planter is hanged from a railroad bridge — the rope snaps, and he flees through the woods toward home and his wife. Ambrose Bierce's Civil War tale carries the most famous twist in American fiction.

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