The Devil's Dictionary Illustrated

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Devil's Dictionary</em> is probably the most brilliant work of satire written in America. And maybe one of the greatest in all of world literature.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- The Wall Street Journal</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It is a tour de force of no mean proportions... so amusing are his unexpected turns of caustic humor so brilliant his flagitious wit.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- The New York Times</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One of the sharpest and most original works of American satire </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Devil's Dictionary</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> transforms the familiar form of a dictionary into a brilliant exercise in wit and irony. Journalist and writer Ambrose Bierce redefines everyday words with biting humor exposing the hypocrisies of society politics religion and human nature.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Each entry offers a concise definition charged with irony and dark humor turning ordinary language into a vehicle for satire. Bierce's sardonic observations remain as fresh and provocative today as when they first appeared making this work a cornerstone of American literary humor.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This illustrated edition features a clear easy-to-read layout and includes 26 illustrations by Gustave Doré whose dramatic and imaginative artwork provides a striking visual counterpart to Bierce's satirical vision.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Excerpt:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>CANNON n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>MARRIAGE n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master a mistress and two slaves making in all two.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>RELIGION n. A daughter of Hope and Fear explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>RUBBISH n. Worthless matter such as the religions philosophies literatures arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>YOUTH n. The Period of Possibility when Archimedes finds a fulcrum Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.</span></p><p></p>