The dictionary of lost words
Williams, Pip, 1969-2020
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In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word bondmaid flutter to the floor unclaimed. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others – that words and meanings relating to women’s experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Main title:
The dictionary of lost words / by Pip Williams.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Strawberry Hills, NSW : Read How You Want, 2020.©2020.
Collation:
579 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Set in 16 point Verdana.Copyright page from the original book.
ISBN:
9780369343000 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
387626
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Fiction | WILLIA | Available |