The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce - Books - Cosimo Classics - 9781605206554 - August 1, 2009
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Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

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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.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 1, 2009
ISBN13 9781605206554
Publishers Cosimo Classics
Pages 148
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 9 mm   ·   195 g
Language English  

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