The dictionary of lost words : a novel
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9780593160190, 0593160193
Physical Desc
xiv, 376 pages : map ; 25 cm
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Books
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LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
IEEE International Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems -- Fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
New English dictionary on historical principles -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Reading -- Fiction.
Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
IEEE International Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems -- Fiction.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
New English dictionary on historical principles -- Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary -- Fiction.
Reading -- Fiction.
Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, [2020].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593160190, 0593160193
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020." -- title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Motherless, Esme 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. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip, and is told that the word means "slave girl." Learning that words relating to women's and common folks' experiences often go unrecorded, Esme begins to collect other words discarded by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. -- adapted from jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, P. (2020). The dictionary of lost words: a novel (First U.S. edition.). Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. 2020. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel. Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel First U.S. edition., Ballantine Books, 2020.
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