The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryIf 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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... refer, dated 1 January 1881 (two months before Bierce's tenure with the Wasp began), is “Wasp's Improved Webster. In Ten-Cent Doses.” They claim that Bierce somewhat illogically launched his column, beginning with the letter P-more ...
... refers to Harry Thompson (1867–?), The Cynic's Dictionary (Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co., 1905). Thompson did not plagiarize any of AB's work, but the nature of his definitions occasionally resembles AB's. 42. The dates of the last two ...
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