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The Dictionary of Lost Words

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The Dictionary of Lost Words

Auteur(s): Pip Williams
Narrateur(s): Pippa Bennett-Warner
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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”—Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book

Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.

As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages.

Set during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world.

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD Fiction Fiction biographique Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Récits initiatiques Biographie Inspirant Sincère

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Characterization of Esme, Lizzie, Mabel, Da, Gareth
Factual details about OED
Suffragette movement details and English setting

Narrator brings this to Life!!

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I love this book!! Easily one of my favourites!!
Great reading, great writing; incredible storyline!!!! Fabulous Read!!!

Fabulous read!!

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This book was a delight, from its exploration of history and linguistics and social class, to the very engaging story of Esme that holds it all together. Beautiful and moving without being trite or saccharine. Lovely reading by Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Beautiful and rich

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Very well written and performed. Make one appreciate the value of words and the implicit biases from male domination in our society.

An excellent book

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This book tells the story about the completion of the first Oxford English Dictionary.

Sound riveting?

Yes, this book is about words but it's about so much more than words. It's about feminism and social classes in the early 1900's. It's about the woman's suffrage movement and WWI. Mostly it's about decisions and friendships and longing, and self-acceptance.

It starts slow, but stick with it. You need to get to know Esme and Da and the fabulous Lizzie.

This story is so filled with wonderful characters who will make you think. I laughed, I learned a lot, and I cried. No review will do it justice and it may not be for everyone, but I've already ordered a copy for a friend.

Note: I kept a print version handy because there are uncommon words and strong accents and I really didn't want to miss a thing.

Brilliantly read but you may need a print copy too

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