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The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
The Cynic's Word Book
The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce explores english language, dictionaries, humor.
Tartarin de Tarascon
Tartarin dreams of heroic adventure from the comfort of Tarascon and sets off for Algeria to hunt lions. Daudet follows the comic distance between his ambitions, his stories and the events he actually encounters.
Nightmare Abbey
A gathering at Nightmare Abbey brings together a young romantic, his father and a succession of visitors with strongly held opinions. Thomas Love Peacock turns their conversations, attachments and misunderstandings into a satire of literary fashions.
Xouth, the Ape: A Tale of Manners
A Greek gentleman seeking the manners of a European aristocrat employs an unusual valet: an ape who was once a German travel writer. Their encounters form a comic tale of vanity, imitation and social pretension. This edition presents Neo G. Christodoulides’s first English translation, with an introduction and notes.