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Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits--a merciless "American Swift" whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature, and the arts. In this Continue
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- English Books
- Paperback 139 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 0486275426
- ISBN-13: 9780486275420
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Pub date: May 20, 1993
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Library Binding, Boxset, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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Fiendishly good
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, with an introduction by Angus Calder and illustrations by Ralph Steadman 192pp, Bloomsbury, £9.99 People are mean, selfish and greedy; the world is full of lies. This is the view of the cantankerous turn-of-t ... (read full critics)