{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-9781605206554","title":"The Devil's Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Reference - Dictionaries \u0026amp; Encyclopedias\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c. 1914) began his satirical redefinitions of ordinary words in a weekly newspaper in 1881, and saw them first collected in *The Cynic's Word Book* in 1906. But it was with the 1911 republication as *The Devil's Dictionary* that he struck comedy gold for the ages with his pointedly mocking and ironic riffs on politics, business, religion, the arts, and American culture at large. From *abasement* (\"a decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power; peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer\") to *zoology* (\"the science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly\"), *The Devil's Dictionary* remains as witty today as it was a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47584453263511,"sku":"9781605206554","price":1225.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781605206554.webp?v=1774956308","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-9781605206554","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}