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The Devil's Dictionary

Name: The Devil's Dictionary
Author: Ambrose Bierce

by Ambrose Bierce

1906•Comedy•228 pages

Taste attributes: comedydocumentaryslowfresh & originallightrealisticsimpleglossysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA polished, fresh comic novel: light and grounded. Best if you like polish over grit.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way 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 or happiness to approve.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDocumentarySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

HumorSemanticsVocabularyAmerican wit and humorNonfictionReferenceGrammar & Language UsageLanguage Arts

Details

Author: Ambrose Bierce
Published: 1906
Pages: 228
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