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Author:

Williams, Pip, 1969- author.

Title:

The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiv, 388 pages : map ; 25 cm

Subject:

New English dictionary on historical principles--Fiction.
Lexicographers--Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary--Fiction.
Words--Fiction.
Reading--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Lexicographes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Lecture--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pères et filles--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION / Historical / General.
FICTION / Women.
FICTION / Biographical.
Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems.
Lexicographers--Fiction.
Words--Fiction.
Reading--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Women--Suffrage--Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Fiction.
England--Social life and customs.
Great Britain--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs.
Oxford (England)
Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems
New English dictionary on historical principles
Oxford English dictionary
Fathers and daughters
Lexicographers
Reading
Women.
Gender identity.
Women--Suffrage--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Fiction.
England--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--20th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Oxford (England)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
novels.
Historical fiction
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Novels
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Romans.

Notes:

"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020." -- title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Prologue: February 1886 -- Part 1: 1887-1896. Batten-distrustful -- Part 2: 1897-1901. Distrustfully-kyx -- Part 3: 1902-1907. Lap-nywe -- Part 4: 1907-1913. Polygenous-sorrow -- Part 5: 1914-1915. Speech-sullen -- Part 6: 1928. Wise-wyzen -- Epilogue: Adelaide, 1989.

Summary:

"The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a queen on her throne, and help him ease each word out of its folded cradle. He'd tell me what pile to put it on and sometimes he'd pause, cover my hand with his, and guide my finger up and down and around the letters, sounding them into my ear. He'd say the word, and I would echo it, then he'd tell me what it meant"-- Provided by publisher.
Motherless, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip, and is told that the word means "slave girl." Learning that words relating to women's and common folks' experiences often go unrecorded, Esme begins to collect other words discarded by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

1984820745
9781984820747
0593160193
9780593160190

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154952908

LCCN:

2020019157

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines) — Vault — Copies: 15