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Devil's Dictionary

Language EnglishEnglish
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Book Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce
Libristo code: 04514686
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc, July 1999
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History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago-with or without the devil's help-can still draw blood today.

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About the book

Full name Devil's Dictionary
Author Ambrose Bierce
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 1999
Number of pages 252
EAN 9780195126273
ISBN 0195126270
Libristo code 04514686
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Weight 302
Dimensions 139 x 210 x 18

Categories

Time period qualifiers > c 1500 onwards to present day > 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 > Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899 > American Civil War and Reconstruction (1861–1877)
History & Archaeology > History > Military history > Specific wars & campaigns > Civil wars
Place qualifiers > The Americas > North America (USA & Canada) > United States of America, USA
Language & Linguistics > Language: reference & general > Dictionaries
History & Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure > Humour > Parodies & spoofs: non-fiction
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