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Bookmark or Share- The Devil's Dictionary, Online & UnabridgedBrowse all Ambrose Bierce's published entries. Preface: The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way and at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title The Cynic's Word Book, a name which the author had not the power to reject nor the happiness to approve.
- Ambrose Bierce - New World EncyclopediaAmbrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer, and satirist, today best known for his Devil's Dictionary, which lampooned, among other things, religion and politics.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce dropped off the face of the earth in 1914. HowStuffWorks looks at the mysterious disappearance of literary heavyweight Ambrose Bierce.
- Ambrose Bierce - WikipediaAmbrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 [2] – c. 1914[3]) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. [4] .
- Ambrose Bierce - Short Stories and Classic LiteratureKnown for his satirical wit and sardonic view of human nature, Ambrose Bierce earned the nickname "Bitter Bierce." His mocking cynicism is on full display in The Devil's Dictionary, a work that originally appeared under the title The Cynic’s Word Book.
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