The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged

Bierce, Ambrose

ISBN 10: 0486482243 / ISBN 13: 9780486482248

Verlag: Dover Publications, 2011

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0486482243-3-35634135

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"Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." "Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law." "Positive: Mistaken at the top of one's voice." These and more than 1,000 other comic definitions appear in Ambrose Bierce's wicked satire of conventional dictionaries. An ideal gift for lovers of language, this classic of American humor features a wealth of quips praised by H. L. Mencken as "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Journalist, short story writer, and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was equally adept in a variety of genres, from ghost stories to poetry to political commentary. Bierce's fiction is particularly distinguished by its realistic depictions of the author's Civil War experiences.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged
Verlag: Dover Publications
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good