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Overview"""""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.""""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ambrose BiercePublisher: Dover Publications Inc. Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Edition: Green ed. Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 13.80cm Weight: 0.402kg ISBN: 9780486482248ISBN 10: 0486482243 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 29 July 2011 Audience: General/trade , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJournalist, short story writer, and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was equally adept in a variety of genres, from ghost stories to poetry to political commentary. Bierce's fiction is particularly distinguished by its realistic depictions of the author's Civil War experiences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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