The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams

376 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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In this remarkable debut 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. Esme is born into a world of words. Motherles...

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