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Search - The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The Devil's Dictionary - Dover Thrift Editions Author: Over 1,000 barbed and brilliant definitions by "the American Swift." Congratulations are "the civility of envy," a historian is a "broad-gauged gossip," many more. H. L. Mencken called these "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."
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Sarah M. (sunnylove204) reviewed The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 20 more book reviews
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Donna E. (impossible) reviewed The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 3312 more book reviews
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Classic, originally written for his newspaper columns 1881-1906. Sardonic, biting, written by a reporter who saw a lot of difficult events. Ambrose Bierce is a noted forerunner to today's reporters.
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This iconoclastic little book is made up of the best items that Bierce the newspaperman wrote between 1881 and 1906. Like Bierce himself the book is irreverent, bitter, and clever. Like him, for it came from the depths of him despite its light tone, it will shock those who think that life is, or can be, beautiful.
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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Classics
- Education & Reference >> Dictionaries & Thesauruses >> English (All)
- Education & Reference >> Dictionaries & Thesauruses >> Slang & Idioms