The Devil's Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged - Brossura

Bierce, Ambrose

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486482243 ISBN 13: 9780486482248

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

"Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." "Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law." "Positive: Mistaken at the top of one's voice." These and more than 1,000 other comic definitions appear in Ambrose Bierce's wicked satire of conventional dictionaries. An ideal gift for lovers of language, this classic of American humor features a wealth of quips praised by H. L. Mencken as "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language."

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'Lawyer: One skilled in circumvention of the law'. Wickedly lampooning standard dictionaries, this classic of American humour was an instant success upon its 1911 publication. Complete and unabridged, this new paperback gift edition presents more than 1,000 comic definitions praised by H.L. Mencken as 'some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language'. This is a reprint of the Neale Publishing Co., 1911 edition.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0486482243
• ISBN 13: 9780486482248
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 339