An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the laughing devil of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody more in evidence than in this dictionary .
The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary: With 851 Newly Discovered Words and Definitions Added to the Previous Thousand-Word Collection. by Ambrose Bierce (18 (Penguin Modern Classics)
$25.90 - $32.38
- UPC:
- 9780141185927
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2001-06-28
- Author:
- Ambrose Bierce
- Language:
- english