An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge cover

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce (1890)

During the Civil War, planter Peyton Farquhar faces execution at Owl Creek Bridge and seems to experience a desperate escape. Bierce’s tightly structured narra…

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  • Grade band: Grades 8–12
  • Maturity: 6
  • Reading stats:
  • Accessible — FKGL: 3.1 | 1,335 Words
  • Abridged — FKGL: 5 | 2,761 Words
  • Original — FKGL: 8.4 | 3,621 Words
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