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The Fiend's Delight
Ambrose Bierce
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The desolate creature spilled herself loosely into a cane-bottom chair, and her sorrow broke "like a great dyke broken."
The writer lifted her tenderly upon his knee and bit her softly on the neck.
"Gloriana," said he, "have you chewed up all that toffy in two days?"
A smothered sob was her frank confession.
"Now, see here, Glo," continued the parent, rather sternly, "don't let me hear any more about 'aspirations'-which are always adulterated with terra alba-nor 'aims'-which will give you the gripes like anything. You just take this two shilling-piece and invest every penny of it in lollipops!"
You should have seen the fair, bright smile crawl from one of that innocent's ears to the other-you should have marked that face sprinkle, all over with dimples-you ought to have beheld the tears of joy jump glitte. . . Read More
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"Bierce lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun magazine. His first book, The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of his articles, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under the pseudonym 'Dod Grile'." Bierce, Ambrose (2003). Joshi, ST; Shultz, David E (eds.). A
I read this as part of Classic American Literature: 13 books by Bierce in a single file, improved 1/7/2011 [Kindle Edition]
This book is akin to SEINFELD, not in quality but in theme. It is about nothing. Bierce focuses on violence and death in bizarre manner.
I was going to give this a two star rating, exceeded in a waste of paper and pen only by James Joyce’s Ulysses, but while that sentiment may still ring true, the f