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The dictionary of lost words : a novel /

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 Sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Pip, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, [2020].
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
New English dictionary on historical principles > Fiction.
Lexicographers > Fiction.
Oxford English dictionary > Fiction.
Words > Fiction.
Reading > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
FICTION / Historical / General.
FICTION / Women.
FICTION / Biographical.
Historical fiction.
Table of 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.