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A varied collection of short pieces blending comic animal fables, biting political sketches, and miscellaneous satirical essays. Many items anthropomorphize creatures to expose human folly, while other pieces lampoon administrations, public rituals, and social pretensions with sharp irony. The arrangement alternates brief humorous vignettes, longer satirical narratives, and epigrammatic observations, employing parody, grotesque exaggeration, and deadpan aphorism. Recurring themes include ambition, hypocrisy, mortality, and the absurdities of public life. The tone shifts between playful wordplay and darker cynicism, producing a brisk assortment that delivers both light entertainment and pointed moral skepticism.

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Title: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 12

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Release date: September 20, 2021 [eBook #66345]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE

VOLUME XII


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 XII
IN MOTLEY

KINGS OF BEASTS
TWO ADMINISTRATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW YORK & WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912
FREDERICK POLLEY

Copyright, 1912, by
The Neale Publishing Company