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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history.

A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth.

This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi’s exhaustive investigation into the book’s writing and publishing history. All of Bierce’s known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included.

Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.
The Fiends Delight (Unabridged)

The Fiends Delight (Unabridged)

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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Robots through the Ages

Robots through the Ages

Unknown

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Robots through the Ages

Robots through the Ages

Unknown

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The Collected Works Of Ambrose Bierce Vol 1

The Collected Works Of Ambrose Bierce Vol 1

Ambrose Bierce

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The Collected Works Of Ambrose Bierce Vol.-II

The Collected Works Of Ambrose Bierce Vol.-II

Ambrose Bierce

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The Best Psychic Stories

The Best Psychic Stories

others, Hereward Carrington, Elsa Barker, Helena Blavatsky, various authors, Gambier Bolton, Lafcadio Hearn, George Wharton Edwards, Nizida, Ambrose Bierce, St. John D. Seymour, Jack London, William T. Stead, Algernon Blackwood, Katherine Rickford, Walter F. Prince, Edgar Allan Poe, Andrew Jackson Davis

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Write It Right: A Little Blacklist Of Literary Faults

Write It Right: A Little Blacklist Of Literary Faults

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary Illustrated

The Devil's Dictionary Illustrated

Ambrose Bierce

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Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

Unknown

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Hellbent

Hellbent

Thomas M. Malafarina, Catherine Jordan, Kyle Alexander Romines, John Kachuba, Michael L Hawley, Chris Pisano, Brian Koscienski, J B Toner, Will Falconer, Travis Leibert, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe

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The Military MEGAPACK®

The Military MEGAPACK®

Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce

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The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce

The Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

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The Dictionary of the Devil

The Dictionary of the Devil

Ambrose Bierce

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The Damned Thing

The Damned Thing

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories

The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Ambrose Bierce

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

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In the Midst of Life

In the Midst of Life

Ambrose Bierce

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A Watcher By The Dead

A Watcher By The Dead

Ambrose Bierce

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Oil Of Dog

Oil Of Dog

Ambrose Bierce

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The Damned Thing

The Damned Thing

Ambrose Bierce

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The Eyes Of The Panther

The Eyes Of The Panther

Ambrose Bierce

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A Horseman In The Sky

A Horseman In The Sky

Ambrose Bierce

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A Cargo Of Cat

A Cargo Of Cat

Ambrose Bierce

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An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

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Stories of Terror and the Supernatural

Stories of Terror and the Supernatural

Unknown

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Going Public … in Shorts!

Going Public … in Shorts!

various authors

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

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The Third Ghost Story Megapack

The Third Ghost Story Megapack

Gertrude Atherton, F. Marion Crawford, Lafcadio Hearn, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, W.W. Jacobs, W. C. Morrow, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Classic American Short Story MEGAPACK ® (Volume 1)

The Classic American Short Story MEGAPACK ® (Volume 1)

Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, O. Henry, Jack London, James Fenimore Cooper, Sherwood Anderson

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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Fantastic Fables

Fantastic Fables

Ambrose Bierce

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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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The Best of America

The Best of America

Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, others

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce

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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told

The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told

Unknown

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Great Classic Stories III

Great Classic Stories III

various authors

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Can Such Things Be?

Can Such Things Be?

Ambrose Bierce

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Berlitz Pocket Guide Tenerife (Travel Guide eBook)

Berlitz Pocket Guide Tenerife (Travel Guide eBook)

Ambrose Bierce

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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

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San Francisco Noir 2

San Francisco Noir 2

Unknown

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Shadows of Blue & Gray

Shadows of Blue & Gray

Ambrose Bierce

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Civil War Memories

Civil War Memories

Unknown

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Great American Stories

Great American Stories

Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London

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