The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce’s gleefully bitter lexicon and his Fantastic Fables — the funniest, blackest wit in American letters.

Definitions for a cynic

In this collection

• The Story of Tommy Tucker
• History Repeats Itself
• Reginald
• Mellonta Tauta
• ART
• Old Judge Priest
• The Story of Schlauraffen Land
• The Rose and the Ring
• The Little Iron Soldier or, what Aminadab Ivison Dreamed About
• Mister Potter Takes a Rest Cure
• Down Pens
• To the Fool-Killer
• Skiddoo!
• The Spinning Wheel
• His Sense of Humor
• The Journey to the Tin Woodman
• T. A. in Love
• A Helpless Situation
• How the Camel Got his Hump
• Peter's Pence
• A Night Out
• Uncle Bob Indignant
• The Criminologists' Club
• On the Return of the Dead
• Hermann the Irascible -- a Story of the Great Weep
• Harry Moir
• W. G. Nicholson
• The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains
• Tradin' Joe
• Who was to Blame?
• The Hunter
• The Horse you don't See Now
• Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land
• Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Dr. Baker's
• Never Bet the Devil your Head
• The Birthday Party
• Novel Notes
• The Tutti-Frutti Tree
• Just William
• Black no More

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