An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his neck. In a moment he will meet his fate: DEATH BY HANGING. There is no escape. Or is there? Find out in . . . An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands...

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1996 by St. Petersburg

(first published 1890)

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English

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"He had power only to feel, and feeling was torment."

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"It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble."

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"All that day he travelled, laying his course by the rounding sun. The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it, not even a woodman's road. He had not known that he lived in so wild a region. There was something uncanny in the revelation."

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"He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could not think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble."

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