The Devil's Dictionary von Bierce, Ambrose

Ambrose Bierce gilt mit seinen gruseligen und albtraumhaften Erzählungen neben Edgar Allan Poe als Begründer der Horror- und Schauergeschichte. Mit schwarzem Humor, einem genauen und entlarvendem Blick für die menschlichen Eigenheiten,...

Reproduction of the original: Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce von Bierce, Ambrose

The Devil's Dictionary is a hilarious satire from one of the most brilliant and incisive writers of all time --Ambrose Bierce. von Bierce, Ambrose

A celebrated journalist in his lifetime, Ambrose Bierce's began circulating his own sardonic, mischievous definitions of words in his various columns for San Francisco newspapers. Over several years these were then compiled and expanded...

An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for...

The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and...

"The Devil's Dictionary" von Ambrose Bierce ist ein satirisches Lexikon, das erstmals 1906 veröffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besteht aus einer Sammlung von humorvollen und zynischen Definitionen, die verschiedene Aspekte des menschlichen...