The Devil's Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce

Overview

The Devil's Dictionary is a hilarious satire from one of the most brilliant and incisive writers of all time--Ambrose Bierce. Anyone looking for a bon mot to enliven their next speech, paper or conversation will have a field day thumbing through what H.L. Mencken called "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789361919398
Publisher:	Swan Books
Publication date:	11/27/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	410 KB

About the Author

Ambrose Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. John Simpson was formerly Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
 

Editorial Reviews

Forget the Summer of Love. Bierce is the real voice of San Francisco—mordant, worldly, skeptical, and witty.
—The Hungry Mind Review

Dana Gioia

The corrosive insights of Bierce seem as bitter and fresh as ever. He handles words with delicious precision.” —The Daily Telegraph

From the Publisher

"Though Bierce was known (and admired) for his mean streak, Bendis's takes on the writer soften his angry edges, disarming the loaded weapon of Bierce's prose."

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