The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary
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Bierce, Ambrose. The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary. First Edition Thus. 1967. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition (previous owner’s bookplate). Compiled and edited by Ernest J. Hopkins.
Bierce was a contemporary of Mark Twain, and his work resembled Twain’s, if perhaps filtered through Edgar Allan Poe. Through sardonic interpretations of even the most innocuous of words, Bierce savagely but hilariously exposes the dark side of society and its conventions. The book earned him the nickname “Bitter Bierce” but also lasting acclaim. Less than a decade after The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico while covering the Mexican Revolution and was never heard from again. This edition includes eight hundred newly discovered definitions.
Bierce was a contemporary of Mark Twain, and his work resembled Twain’s, if perhaps filtered through Edgar Allan Poe. Through sardonic interpretations of even the most innocuous of words, Bierce savagely but hilariously exposes the dark side of society and its conventions. The book earned him the nickname “Bitter Bierce” but also lasting acclaim. Less than a decade after The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico while covering the Mexican Revolution and was never heard from again. This edition includes eight hundred newly discovered definitions.
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