The dictionary of lost words : a novel
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FIC WIL
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Bloomfield Public Library - Adult Fiction
FIC Williams
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Bristol Library - Adult Fiction
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Allens Hill Free Library - Adult Fiction | FIC WIL | Checked out |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- England -- Oxford -- History -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Oxford (England) -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Women -- Language -- Fiction.
Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Oxford (England) -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Women -- Language -- Fiction.
Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
376 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020"--title verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip, and when she learns that the word means "slave girl," she begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women's and common folks' experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. Set during the height of the women's suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, P. (2021). The dictionary of lost words: a novel (First edition.). Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. 2021. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel. New York: Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel New York: Ballantine Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel First edition., Ballantine Books, 2021.
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