**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** Unmissable Stephen Fry’A delight’ Katherine Rundell Illuminating Susie Dent’Brilliant’ Philippa Perry’Enthralling’ Jeanette Winterson What do three murderers, Karl Marx’s daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn’t just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414, 825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples.Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people’s history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, the full story of the making of one of the most famous books in the world – and celebrates the extraordinary efforts of the Dictionary People.’An astonishing book’ Sunday Times’Utterly fascinating, entertaining, astonishing and as clever as a box of monkeys … I completely love it’ Joanna Lumley A fascinating and delightful exploration of the Victorian world Wonderful Nicola Shulman, TLS Podcast** A Financial Times, TLS and Daunt Books Book of the Year **
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 384 ● ISBN 9781529195767 ● 出版者 Random House ● 发布时间 2023 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 9109929 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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