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The Devil Is In The Details – Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

The Devils Dictionary

What had started as a newspaper serialization was first reproduced in book form in 1906 under the title Cynic’s Word Book. A further 500 words were published in 1911 in Volume 7 of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, this time under the name of The Devil’s Dictionary. This was a name much preferred by Bierce and he claimed the earlier ‘more reverent’ title had been forced upon him by the religious scruples of his previous employer.

In 1967, an expanded version of The Devil’s Dictionary was published, following extensive research by Ernest J Hopkins. This updated version adds 851 definitions to the 1,000 which appeared in versions published in Bierce’s lifetime; in particular, it includes the words preceding “Abasement” which were originally defined in the Demon’s Dictionary.

The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce  2005  ISBN: 1934255025
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