• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

  • By: Ambrose Bierce
  • Narrated by: Brian D'eon
  • Length: 22 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (44 ratings)

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce
Narrated by: Brian D'eon
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Publisher's summary

Famous for its irregular time sequence and twist ending, this is Bierce's most anthologized story.
Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media

What listeners say about An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

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One I wish I had studied in school.

Wow. I wish I had read this in a high school or college class. I think the conversation it evoked would be so good. This story is incredibly sad, as expected. But the writing is beautiful and the path the story takes surprised me.

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Abridged version

What would have made An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge better?

If it was actually the unabridged version as advertised

Would you ever listen to anything by Ambrose Bierce again?

yes

What about Brian D'eon’s performance did you like?

performance was good

Any additional comments?

This is not the unabridged version. This version leaves out the part of how he got captured in the first place. Shame on Audible!

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Incomplete version

There are three sections to the original text. This version does not have section 2. I use this story in my classrooms; but not this one anymore. After buying it, I found the missing section.

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OUTSTANDING

I read this years ago in school and really enjoyed it. An excellent reading of a classic

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for school

lol depressing but chill it was good I guess, kinda trippy kinda nifty I liked it

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Not the entire story

What disappointed you about An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

I was very disappointed that the recording skipped an entire section of the short story.

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a really cool story

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an amazing story by a writer who died too soon well acted and cheap you have no reason not to try this classic

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