The Dictionary of Lost Words

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Publisher's Synopsis

A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit.

Book information

ISBN: 9781784743871
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Pub date:
Edition: Export ed
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 526g
Height: 154mm
Width: 234mm
Spine width: 37mm