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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Bierce, Ambrose

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 9356568707
ISBN13: 9789356568709
Publisher: Double 9 Bookslip
Published: Apr 22 2022
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ambrose Bierce wrote a satirical dictionary titled The Devil's Dictionary. The lexicon was first written over a period of thirty years as a collection of articles for magazines and newspapers. It has gained a name all across the world by being frequently repeated and imitated. It was listed among the top 100 works of American literature in the 1970s.The English Language, his dictionary, was released on April 15th, 1755. 42,733 terms were defined in Johnson's Dictionary, almost all seriously. The alphabetical list of definitions that we have here was put together from several notes, copies, and variations.The first definition attributed to Ambrose Bierce was released in 1867. His satirical dictionary The Demon's Dictionary was only published once, but it inspired imitators. Harry Ellington Brook wrote one of the most significant ones for The Illustrated San Francisco Wasp. In The Wasp, Paul Bierce's satirical definitions took the place of Wasp's Improved Webster and were replaced with his own. He penned 79 articles for The Devil's Dictionary, making his way through the alphabet to the word lickspittle in the 14 August 1886 edition.

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