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Bret Harte

Born

in Albany, New York, The United States

August 25, 1836

Died

May 06, 1902

Website

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Genre

Fiction, Poetry

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People note American writer Francis Bret Harte for The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches (1870), his best-known collection of his stories about California mining towns.

People best remember this poet for his short-story fiction, featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the Gold Rush. In a career, spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern United States to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but people most often reprinted, adapted, and admired his tales of the Gold Rush.

Parents named him after Francis Brett, his great-grandfather. Bernard Hart, ...more

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	The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Stories 3.50 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 1961 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luck of Roaring Camp 3.56 avg rating — 725 ratings — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Short Stories 3.66 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1882 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tennessee's Partner by Bret Harte, William Dallam Armes (Introduction) 3.29 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2001 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Stories of Bret Harte 3.71 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1870 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luck of Roaring Camp: And Other Tales 3.69 avg rating — 105 ratings — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow-Bound at Eagle's 3.48 avg rating — 100 ratings — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Waif of the Plains 3.84 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1890 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Writings by Bret Harte, Gary Scharnhorst (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of the Pirate Isle 3.13 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1886 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If, of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, 'It might have been,'

More sad are these we daily see:
'It is, but hadn't ought to be.”
― Bret Harte

tags: poem

21 likes

“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. ”
― Bret Harte

18 likes

“For, he (The Devil) observed, the issue of the great battle of Good and Evil had been otherwise settled, as he would presently show him. "It wants but a few moments of night," he continued, "and over this interval of twilight, as you know, I have been given complete control. Look to the West.("The Legend of Monte Del Diablo")”
― Bret Harte

tags: devil, night, satan, twilight

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January 2026 Short Story/Novella Poll

Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf

31 votes, 24.0%

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

28 votes, 21.7%

A River Runs through It Title Story by Norman Maclean

21 votes, 16.3%

Under a Glass Bell by Anaïs Nin

11 votes, 8.5%

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

11 votes, 8.5%

The Daughters Of The Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield

9 votes, 7.0%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham

7 votes, 5.4%

The Gifts of War by Margaret Drabble

5 votes, 3.9%

The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Tales Title Story by Bret Harte

4 votes, 3.1%

The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin

2 votes, 1.6%

129 total votes

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