The dictionary of lost words : a novel
(Large Print)
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
ISBN
9798885789707
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | LARGE TYPE FICTION WILLIAMS, P. | On Shelf |
| Eisenhower Public Library District - New Large Type | LT FIC WILLIAMS, P. | On Shelf |
| Eisenhower Public Library District - New Large Type | LT FIC WILLIAMS, P. | Checked out |
| Glen Ellyn Public Library - Large Type | FIC WILLIAMS, PIP | On Shelf |
| Lyons Public Library - Stacks | LARGE PRINT FICTION WILLIAMS | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
647 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9798885789707
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Includes a book club guide (pages 629-643).
Description
"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."--,Provided by publisher.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, P. (2023). The dictionary of lost words: a novel (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. 2023. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip, 1969-. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Pip. The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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