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| The Devil's Dictionary | 
| Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Filiquarian
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 38058
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 282
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1599869764
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781599869766
ASIN: 1599869764
Publication Date: November 7, 2007
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Condition: **New** copy, unmarked EXCELLENT condition; ships USPS with delivery confirmation in US
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Product Description
The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title The Cynic's Word Book, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. Meantime, too, some of the enterprising humorists of the country had helped themselves to such parts of the work as served their needs, and many of its definitions, anecdotes, phrases and so forth, had become more or less current in popular speech. This explanation is made, not with any pride of priority in trifles, but in simple denial of possible charges of plagiarism, which is no trifle. In merely resuming his own the author hopes to be held guiltless by those to whom the work is addressed -- enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor and clean English to slang.
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The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881. In this book , Ambrose Bierce skewers far more the world of politics, but it is the political realm where Bierce's observations are astonishingly and depressingly relevant a centry later. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 39 more reviews...
 Funny, satirical humour of Ambrose Bierse May 8, 2008
A GREAT read! Just open the book anywhere and peruse the definitions. Bierce is satirical and puts his finger right on the nub of the thing!
the Devilish Ambrose Bierce strikes back May 7, 2008
Ambrose Bierce obviously had some fun at the expense of his fellow 19th century Americans with the cynical and sarirical word entries in his wicked dictionary.
Bitter Bierce at his very best... December 6, 2007
Also known as "The Cynic's Workbook" this collection is classic and belongs in any library. Ambrose Bierce, like Mark Twain and few other of his contempories, had a biting wit that always left a mark.
Here is just a taste of his humor.
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
The large font is a plus in this book. Good illustrations.
Good good stuff.
A most accurate Dictionary August 28, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
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If you, from time-to-time, need a little whimsy in your day; a little humor to add a smile when else it would not shine, then open to any page and read at will. You will be rewarded with a chuckle and perhaps a laugh and perhaps a new perspective on the word you just learned.
If you think you have a potent vocabulary, read this book; because you will get the most from it. These definitions, while not literal, are in fact most accurate and as it seems, timeless.
It must have been a great privilege to know and converse with such a man as Ambrose Bierce.
 review of the Devil's Dictionary May 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sharp-wittewd and pointed "defitions" of common day words from the 1800's that still hold humor and truth.
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