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The Devil’s Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce

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First published
1912
Pages
265
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8 h 35 min · 17 parts

  1. Preface and A

    33:15

  2. B

    17:27

  3. C

    24:13

  4. D

    19:58

  5. E

    21:29

  6. F

    24:48

  7. G

    20:08

  8. H

    24:31

  9. I

    45:19

  10. J to L

    40:46

  11. M

    29:21

  12. N to O

    26:24

  13. P to Q

    38:26

  14. R

    39:58

  15. S

    56:16

  16. T

    18:20

  17. U to Z

    34:21

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Ambrose Bierce spent more than thirty years compiling mock definitions for newspapers and magazines before they were gathered into this famous lexicon, published complete in 1911. The form is simple: take an ordinary word, then define it the way a clear-eyed cynic actually sees it. A corporation, he writes, is an ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Politics, marriage, faith, patriotism, and lawyers all come in for the same treatment, each entry a small joke with a hard truth inside. The book was widely imitated and quoted long after Bierce's death, and much of its bite still lands because the human failings it names have not gone anywhere.

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) was an American journalist and author known for his sardonic wit, Civil War tales, and horror stories. He mysteriously vanished in Mexico around 1914.

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Book facts

First published
1912
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
265
Language
English
Genre
Satire
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook