The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions)
Ambrose Bierce
ISBN 10: 0486275426 ISBN 13: 9780486275420
Published by Dover Publications, 1993
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Over 1,000 barbed and brilliant definitions by the 19th-century journalist and satirist often called "the American Swift." Congratulations are "the civility of envy." A coward is "one who in an emergency thinks with his legs." A historian is a "broad-gauge gossip," more. H. L. Mencken called these "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."
About the Author: Journalist, short story writer, and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was equally adept in a variety of genres, from ghost stories to poetry to political commentary. Bierce's fiction is particularly distinguished by its realistic depictions of the author's Civil War experiences.
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Title: The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift ...
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good