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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (short story)

  • German: Der Monch von Berchtesgaden (The Monk of Berchtesgaden)
  • Type: Short Story

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter is a 1892 short story by American author Ambrose Bierce. - AsNotedIn




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  • Berchtesgaden, Bavaria In may 1680 Germany, Ambrosius, a young Franciscan monk encounters Benedicta, the hangman's daughter.

Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1889/00/00 Adolphe Danziger De Castro Translator G A Danziger's writes down in English, "The Monk of Berchtesgaden", a short story he claims to have based on a German tale.
1891/10/00 Ambrose Bierce Author Ambrose Bierce's revised version of "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" is serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle under the byline "Dr G A Danziger and Ambrose Bierce."
1891/10/00 San Francisco Chronical Publisher Ambrose Bierce's revised version of "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" is serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle under the byline "Dr G A Danziger and Ambrose Bierce."
1892/00/00 "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" is published in book form by Schulte, a small Chicago publisher.
1892/05/08 After Danziger claims that he wrote The Monk. Bierce response: I wrote every word of it as published. Until Dr Danziger saw that it was a creditable book he never, so far as I know, professed to have done more than translate the German story by Dr Voss.

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Particulars for The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (short story):
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction

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Original Language: English



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