{"product_id":"paperback-1284","title":"The Devil's Dictionary: Satirical Definitions of Everyday Words by Ambrose Bierce (Paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: 280px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: 280px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary work of scathing satire, Ambrose Bierce provided new humorous definitions of the words that formed the lexicon of contemporary American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccumulated over three decades for a series of magazines and newspapers, the entries in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Devil's Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e painted a revealing portrait of late 19th-century American life, with all its contradictions and hypocrisies laid bare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBierce's fantastic wit and incredible gift for irony shine through this true masterpiece of American literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\"\u003e\u003chr class=\"a-spacing-none a-divider-normal\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancebMCrbZR4yJrKLPZlZz8GKw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48988709060857,"sku":"0675","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/5806\/6334\/files\/101_9645_86b0fc1d-adf7-4149-9c31-e58c6bb6d56d.jpg?v=1788221561","url":"https:\/\/folstmarys.com\/products\/paperback-1284","provider":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}