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    The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter: Classic Tales Edition
    The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter: Classic Tales Edition
    The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter: Classic Tales Edition
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter: Classic Tales Edition

    Written by Ambrose Bierce

    Narrated by B. J. Harrison

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A knot of monks happens upon a gallows in the middle of a dark forest. Hanging from the gallows is a fresh corpse, and underneath the dangling wretch a young woman performs a haunting dance. When Ambrosius falls in love with this outcast woman, his efforts to suppress his natural feelings result in a gradual descent toward calamity and tragedy.

    Bierce’s subtle transformation of the monk Ambrosius from innocent monk to violent zealot is masterfully done, ranking this among Bierce’s finest achievements.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherB.J. Harrison
    Release dateOct 9, 2016
    ISBN9781950524013
    The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter: Classic Tales Edition
    Author

    Ambrose Bierce

    Ambrose Bierce was an American writer, critic and war veteran. Bierce fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brevet major before resigning from the Army following an 1866 expedition across the Great Plains. Bierce’s harrowing experiences during the Civil War, particularly those at the Battle of Shiloh, shaped a writing career that included editorials, novels, short stories and poetry. Among his most famous works are “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Boarded Window,” “Chickamauga,” and What I Saw of Shiloh. While on a tour of Civil-War battlefields in 1913, Bierce is believed to have joined Pancho Villa’s army before disappearing in the chaos of the Mexican Revolution.

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      93 p novella, purporting to be adapted from an ancient German text.Narrated by young monk Ambrosius, sent to a monastery in Alpine Bavaria. He he encounters the "untouchable" hangman and his lovely daughter Benedikta. She too is- by reason of her parentage- a social outcast, yet Ambrosius begins to fall in love.Our narrator seems - apart from his romantic feelings- a spiritually minded youth, ever dwelling on his vocation, and the majesty of nature.But Benedikt is being pursued by a worthless young noble- Rochus.......and an unexpected twist brings the tale to a sudden end.Quite an involving read.