The Devil´s Dictionary

In this dictionary Bierce compiles the canon of human weaknesses, prejudices, absurdities and habits. The subtle, nasty “definitions“ of words expose the very aspect in them that normal consciousness hypocritically tries to cover up. First published as „The Cynic’s Word Book“ (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce’s notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly c...