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New York Times Bestseller • Reese Book Club Pick • “delightful. [a] Oxford became largely uncontrolled for real women working on the English dictionary. ” – New York Times Book Review
“To elevate or suppress a wonderful imagination about the power of the language.” – Geraldin Brooks, New York Times Bestsailing Author is the author of the books of the book
Esme is born in the world of words. Motherless and irreversibly curious, she spends her childhood in the scriptorium, an Oxford Garden shed in which a team of her father and dedicated lexicographers is collecting words for the Oxford English dictionary long ago. The place of the young Esma is under the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word Bondmad Floater under the table. She saves the slip and knowing that the word means “slave girl”, starts collecting other words that have been renounced or neglected by the dictionary men.
As she grows up, Esma realizes that words and meanings related to the experiences of women and common people often become uncontrolled. And so she begins in Bayana to find words for her own dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words. To do this, he should leave the university’s shelter world and enter ventures to meet those whose words will fill those pages.
During the height of the women’s franchise movement and with great war, dictionary of lost words reveals a lost story, hidden between the lines of history written by men. Inspired by real events, author Pip Williams has entered the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and a deep-thoughting celebration of words and the power of the language for shaping the world.
Winner of Australian Book Industry Award
Publisher
Publisher: Balentine Books (May 3, 2022)
language English
Paperback: 416 page
ISBN -10: 1984820745
ISBN -13: 978-1984820747
Items Weight: 2.31 pounds
Dimensions: 5.16 x 0.88 x 7.9 inch
Customers say
Customers find this historical fiction novel compelling and well-written, particularly appreciating the dissection of words and their meanings. The book features strong character development, with one customer noting how it draws readers into the characters’ joys and pains. While customers describe the visual elements as striking and creative, they disagree on the pacing, with some finding it slow. The storyline receives positive feedback for its portrayal of female strength, though some customers find it somewhat boring at times.
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