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A Cynic Looks at Life

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A Cynic Looks at Life

Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius

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Civilization, he suspected, was overrated, and Ambrose Bierce could prove it in print. These short pieces turn his celebrated acid on progress, the gift of gab, nature, and the human animal generally, in the same voice that produced The Devil's Dictionary. Brief, brutal, and frequently hilarious. Take a walk through life with America's most cheerful pessimist.

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20 chapters

  1. 1A Cynic Looks at Life
  2. 2Ambrose Bierce
  3. 3HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS
  4. 4A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE
  5. 5CIVILIZATION
  6. 6I
  7. 7II
  8. 8III
  9. 9THE GIFT O' GAB
  10. 10NATURA BENIGNA
  11. 11THE DEATH PENALTY
  12. 12I
  13. 13II
  14. 14III
  15. 15IV
  16. 16V
  17. 17IMMORTALITY
  18. 18EMANCIPATED WOMAN

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