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A series of short, satirical essays and sketches that examine American life, manners, institutions, and human foibles. The author deploys sharp irony, aphorism, and anecdote to comment on topics from bodily habits and the senses to politics, education, journalism, art, warfare, and social fashions. Pieces alternate between witty lampoons and pointed criticism, often reframing familiar subjects with unexpected comparisons and mordant humor. The arrangement is largely episodic, each entry treating a single theme or target with brisk observation, skepticism, and caustic wit, inviting readers to reconsider accepted ideas through skeptical, sometimes bleak, but often comic reflection.

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Title: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 09

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Release date: October 8, 2021 [eBook #66490]
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Language: English

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE

VOLUME IX


The publishers certify that this edition of
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE
consists of two hundred and fifty numbered sets, autographed by the author, and that the number of this set is ......

THE COLLECTED
WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE

VOLUME IX
TANGENTIAL
VIEWS
NEW YORK & WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1911
FREDERICK POLLEY

Copyright, 1911, by
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY