Author
Ambrose Bierce
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cosimo Classics
Published
August 2009
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Product Description
American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c. 1914) began his satirical redefinitions of ordinary words in a weekly newspaper in 1881, and saw them first collected in *The Cynic's Word Book* in 1906. But it was with the 1911 republication as *The Devil's Dictionary* that he struck comedy gold for the ages with his pointedly mocking and ironic riffs on politics, business, religion, the arts, and American culture at large. From *abasement* ("a decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power; peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer") to *zoology* ("the science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly"), *The Devil's Dictionary* remains as witty today as it was a century ago.
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Author
Ambrose Bierce
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cosimo Classics
Published
August 2009
Weight
196g
Page Count
148
Dimensions
140 x 216 x 9 mm
ISBN
9781605206554
ISBN-10
1605206555
Eden Code
2642768
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Author/Creator: Ambrose Bierce
ISBN: 9781605206554
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Release Date: August 2009
Weight: 196g
Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 9 mm
Eden Code: 2642768
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