The Devil's Dictionary: The Complete Edition, Fully Annotated (Alma Classics): The Complete Edition – 1911 edition, enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the original publications - Softcover

Ambrose Bierce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847498175 ISBN 13: 9781847498175

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2020

Synopsis

A celebrated journalist in his lifetime, Ambrose Bierce was the author of sardonic, mischievous definitions of words that appeared in various San Francisco newspapers. Over several years these were compiled for a mock dictionary, originally published in 1906 as The Cynic s Word Book and reissued in an expanded version as The Devil's Dictionary in 1911.

One of the most popular satirical works of world literature, The Devil s Dictionary here enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the original publications brilliantly lays bare the hypocrisies of American society and displays a razor-sharp wit to rival that of Bierce s contemporary Mark Twain.

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About the Author

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) was an American short story writer and journalist. He is probably best known for his story `An Occurrence at Owl Creek', published in 1890. In 1913 he went to Mexico in order to observe the civil war there. Whilst travelling with Pancho Villa's army in 1914, he vanished without a trace.

From the Back Cover

A celebrated journalist in his lifetime, Ambrose Bierce's began circulating his own sardonic, mischievous definitions of words in his various columns for San Francisco newspapers. Over several years these were then compiled and expanded into entries for a mock dictionary originally published as The Cynic's Word Book. One of the most popular satirical works of American literature, The Devil's Dictionary - here published in its most complete 1911 version - brilliantly lays bare the hypocrisies of American society and displays a razor-sharp wit to rival that of Bierce's contemporary Mark Twain. Contains extra material and notes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847498175
• ISBN 13: 9781847498175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300