Ambrose Bierce

Devil's Dictionary (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Dive into a masterpiece of American satirical writing. The Devil's Dictionary, compiled by famed American journalist and fiction writer Ambrose Bierce, offers readers a compendium of words and phrases with dictionary-style definitions that are blisteringly hilarious and packed with spot-on cynicism and dark humor. The format makes this book a great text for dipping into any time you need a quick laugh.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781775412571
• Artikelnr.: 56795191

Autorenporträt

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born into a large family in Ohio and raised on a farm in Indiana. He enlisted in the army in 1861 and his experience in battle laid the foundation for his writing career. After the war he moved to San Francisco and became a journalist. When he retired from writing in 1913, he supposedly left for Mexico but mysteriously disappeared.