{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-9780486275420","title":"The Devil's Dictionary","description":"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 splendid \"dictionary\" of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation (\"The civility of envy\"), Coward (\"One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs\") and Historian (\"A broad-gauge gossip\"). Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary. Anyone looking for a bon mot to enliven their next speech, paper or conversation will have a field day thumbing through what H. L. Mencken called \"some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJournalist, short story writer, and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was equally adept in a variety of genres, from ghost stories to poetry to political commentary. Bierce's fiction is particularly distinguished by its realistic depictions of the author's Civil War experiences.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649807520018,"sku":"9780486275420","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9086405a-c6b8-4620-9dfd-5054b7877b91.jpg?v=1776156977","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-9780486275420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}