{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-satirical-definitions-of-everyday-words","title":"The Devil's Dictionary: Satirical Definitions of Everyday Words","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions.\u003cbr\u003eThe lexicon was written over three decades as a series of installments for magazines and newspapers. Bierce's witty definitions were imitated and plagiarized for years before he gathered them into books, first as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cynic's Word Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1906 and then in a more complete version as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1911.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cynic's Word Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781398817852\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1398817856\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Ambrose Bierc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49746039144714,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781398817852.jpg?v=1723367471","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-satirical-definitions-of-everyday-words","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}