The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Ogilvie, Sarah
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Ogilvie, Sarah

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice...
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Author: Sarah Ogilvie
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Ogilvie, Sarah

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

BD$28.57
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Ogilvie, Sarah

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

BD$28.57
Author: Sarah Ogilvie
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.

"Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots, criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is a wonder book for word lovers." --Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind's greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, a radical suffragette, a vicar who was later found dead in the cupboard of his chapel, an inventor of the first American subway, a female anti-slavery activist in Philadelphia . . . and thousands of others.

Of deep transgenerational and broad appeal, a thrilling literary detective story that, for the first time, unravels the mystery of the endlessly fascinating contributors the world over who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. It was the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time.

The Dictionary People is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs, and failures enriched the English language.

Author: Sarah Ogilvie
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/15/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780593469989
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