The Devil's Dictionary - (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ambrose Bierce (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Devil's Dictionary is a hilarious satire from one of the most brilliant and incisive writers of all time --Ambrose Bierce.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits -- a merciless American Swift whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this splendid dictionary of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation (The civility of envy), Coward (One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs) and Historian (A broad-gauge gossip). Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary. Anyone looking for a bon mot to enliven their next speech, paper or conversation will have a field day thumbing through what H. L. Mencken called some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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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