The Devil's Dictionary: The Complete Edition : The Complete Edition - 1911 edition, enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the original publications

Ambrose Bierce

ISBN 10: 1847498175 / ISBN 13: 9781847498175

Published by Alma Books Ltd Apr 2020, 2020

About this Item

Neuware - Only edition in printA 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil's Dictionary: The Complete Edition : The Complete Edition - 1911 edition, enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the original publications
• Publisher: Alma Books Ltd Apr 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847498175
• ISBN 13: 9781847498175
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 198W x 128H x 30D millimeters 198 millimeters width by 128 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 285 grams

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Synopsis

Only edition in print

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.

About the Author

A veteran of the American Civil War who fought at Shiloh and Chickamauga in the Union ranks, Bierce became one of America's best-known writers and journalists, admired for his insolent, entertaining and sometimes courageous columns. In 1913 he set off for Mexico, then in the throes of revolution, and was never seen again. Ralph Steadman is the author of many illustrated books including Sigmund Freud, I Leonardo, The Big I Am, The Scar-Strangled Banner, Alice and Animal Farm. His most recent publication is the novel, Doodaaa.