The Dictionary of Lost Words
A Novel
New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xiv, 376 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
"In this remarkable debut novel based on actual events, as a team of male scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters decides to collect the "objectionable" words they omit."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects:
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- England -- Oxford -- History -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Oxford (England) -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- England -- Oxford -- History -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Oxford (England) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780593160190
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Williams | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Fiction | Out (Due: 6/6/2024) |
F Williams | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Fiction | Out (Due: 5/7/2024) |
F Williams | St. Andrews Indoors | New, Fiction | Out (Due: 5/8/2024) |
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"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020."--Title page verso.