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Synopsis
Initially a weekly feature in an American newspaper in 1881, The Devil's Dictionary was continued with some intervals until 1906, when it was first published as The Cynic's Word Book. Wickedly humorous and irreverant, it was so popular in its day that many definitions and anecdotes became a part of popular speech. Typically amusing entries are: fly, a monster of the air owning allegiance to Beelzebub; kill, to create a vacancy without nominating a successor; rhubarb, vegetable essence of stomach ache. A uniquely humorous perspective of the English language at the turn of the twentieth century, it still has relevance to readers today.
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About the Author
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was born in Meigs County, Ohio. He grew up in Indiana and fought for the Union in the Civil War. He was in the UK from 1872 to 1875, where he wrote for Fun magazine, and in 1887 joined the San Francisco Examiner. He wrote Tales of Soldiers and Civilians in 1892, and compiled the much-quoted Cynic's Word Book, now known as The Devil's Dictionary, for publication in 1906. In 1913 he went to Mexico to report on Pancho Villa's army, and disappeared.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0198605196
- ISBN 13 9780198605195
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages232
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