Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce (Annotated)

Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce gathers the author's compressed assaults on cant, sentimentality, politics, religion, vanity, and social convention. Written in the sharp miniature form for which Bierce became notorious, these pieces turn paradox into a weapon and definition into satire. Their style is laconic, mordant, and aphoristic, standing in the lineage of classical epigram while belonging unmista...