The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 15.09.2010 - 440 Seiten If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... verse or partly in verse—a bit cynical. I shall compile it next winter and that, doubtless, will be the end o' it. My intention, by the way, is a secret known (now) to you only. Keep it, please.” Bierce's admonition to Scheffauer went ...
... verse, Fantastic Fables, and the joint translation with Gustav Adolphe Danziger of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter. The published material was not entirely readymade, for Bierce extensively revised the organization, content, and ...
... verses in the typescript had been previously published in his newspaper columns or separately.” Second, many of the ... verse or text from Bierce's columns. These latter are not definitions but most likely text to be used to illustrate ...
... verses that appeared with the definition “Cackle” in its appearances in the Wasp and The Cynic's Word Book are not printed here because in The Devil's Dictionary Bierce used them with the definition “Vanity”; thus the definition for ...
... verses published with this definition in D, Christ vehemently asserts that he is no Christian and is insulted to be mistaken for one. 12. “The Town Crier,” NL (7 Jan. 1871): 9. Note also AB's several “revised” versions of the Ten ...
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