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The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary
Author: Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906. Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781598189926
ISBN-10: 1598189921
Publication Date: 9/1/2006
Pages: 228
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Publisher: Aegypan
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book is written comic book style. Very well done.
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Originally published in a weekly from 1881-1906, it was titled The Cynic's Word Book when printed in book form. Frankly, that title is a better fit as that is what it is: a misanthropical view of vocabulary with a smidgeon of wit added. "Devil" seems to imply something "naughty." Anyway, while some definitions (mostly political) are humorous, I found that the majority were mundane to downright boring.
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my favorite Bierce . . . his humor bites even today


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