{"product_id":"the-unabridged-devils-dictionary-paperback","title":"The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmbrose Bierce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid E. Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, \u003ci\u003eThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi's exhaustive investigation into the book's writing and publishing history. All of Bierce's known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmbrose Bierce's \u003ci\u003eDevil's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmbrose Bierce (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914?) was one of nineteenth-century America's most renowned satirists. The author of short stories, essays, fables, poems, and sketches, he was a popular columnist and wrote for several San Francisco and London newspapers during his forty-year journalism career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid E. Schultz (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DAVID E. SCHULTZ is a technical editor. He is coeditor, with S. T. Joshi, of both \u003ci\u003eA Sole Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Ambrose Bierce's autobiographical writings, and \u003ci\u003eLord of a Visible World\u003c\/i\u003e, an autobiography-in-letters of H. P. Lovecraft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e S. T. JOSHI is a freelance writer and editor. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Fables of Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eH. P. Lovecraft: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47295228903673,"sku":"9780820324012","price":31.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bVZWbGYraDkwUE9ibDh3QndLK1Judz09.webp?v=1769199368","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-unabridged-devils-dictionary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}