Compact discs. Unabridged. "This audio also includes a conversation between Simon Winchester and John Simpson, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary"-container. Read by the author.
Summary:
When editors of the "Oxford English dictionary" put out a call during the late 19th century for "men of letters" to contribute entries, hundreds of responses came forth.
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