An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

short story by Ambrose Bierce set during the American Civil War
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2943621
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Summary

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,540 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge authored Ambrose Bierce[3].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's Commons category is recorded as An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[5].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was published on 1890[8].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's characters is recorded as Peyton Farquhar[9].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122192591[10].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'}[11].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's different from is recorded as An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[12].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A man stood upon a railroad bridge in Northern Alabama, looking down into the swift waters twenty feet below.'}[13].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'На железнодорожном мосту, в северной части Алабамы, стоял человек и смотрел вниз, на быстрые воды в двадцати футах под ним.'}[14].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.'}[15].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пэйтон Факуэр был мёртв; тело его с переломанной шеей мерно покачивалось над стропилами моста через Совиный ручей.'}[16].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's derivative work is recorded as An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[17].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's derivative work is recorded as An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[18].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's derivative work is recorded as An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[19].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge's form of creative work is recorded as short story[22].

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Authorship and Creation

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge authored Ambrose Bierce[3].

Publication

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was released on 1890[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,540 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work short story
    Characters Peyton Farquhar
    Different from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Country of origin United States
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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