Description: Originally titled "The Cynic's Word Book", this classic of satire was written by a man who defined a cynic as "a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they might be."
Synopsis Originally titled "The Cynic's Word Book", this classic of satire was written by a man who defined a cynic as "a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they might be."
Details
Publication Date:
1993-05-20
Series:
Dover Thrift Editions Series
Edition Description:
Reprint
Size
Height:
8.3 in
Width:
5.0 in
Thickness:
0.2 in
Weight:
4.0 oz
Publisher's Note Adapted and illustrated by Gahan Wilson, The Devil's Dictionary is a hilarious satire from one of the most brilliant and incisive writers of all time--Ambrose Bierce. Gahan Wilson's work appears regularly in The New Yorker and Playboy; he illustrated the Classics Illustrated version of Poe's The Raven and Other Stories.
Industry Reviews "[A] unique dictionary....[A] scathing lexicon..." Coetzee
"Little escaped Bierce's razor-sharp pen, which probably accounts for the books remaining in print continuously since its publication in 1911." Bloomsbury Review - Lori D. Kranz