The Devil's Dictionary (Illustrated): With contemporary illustrations and the look of any new dictionary (modern fonts, two-column pages, ...) Contributor(s): Subhash, V. (Illustrator), Bierce, Ambrose (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798584686161 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Lexicography |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.5 lbs) 162 pages |
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Publisher Description: A great gag gift, The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce is a repository of brutally frank and unusually cynical descriptions for popular words and phrases. Initially, it appeared piecemeal in his California newspaper and was later compiled into a volume in his collected works. He was a writer of supernatural stories in the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe. His stories were published in two volumes: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1892) and Can Such Things Be? (1893). The last we know of him was when he traveled to strife-torn Mexico in 1913. The Devil's Dictionary remains his most famous work. This illustrated 2020 version by V. Subhash:
A note to students: Most of the names attributed to quotations and written works in the dictionary are not real. WARNING: If you consider yourself as woke, liberal, Leftie, Progressive, Socialist, Communist, Feminist... then this book is not for you. |