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“How I longed to talk with someone about women’s words, their place in the dictionary, the flaws in method that might have meant they were being left out.”
Historical fiction about the development of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), women’s rights, class struggles, and the protagonist’s coming of age. It begins when protagonist Esme is five, and her father is part of the team that is compiling the dictionary. They work in the Scriptorium, where Esme often ventures. Her mother died in childbir ...more
Historical fiction about the development of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), women’s rights, class struggles, and the protagonist’s coming of age. It begins when protagonist Esme is five, and her father is part of the team that is compiling the dictionary. They work in the Scriptorium, where Esme often ventures. Her mother died in childbir ...more
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I loved learning about a very interesting aspect of history, but the story was a bit slow for me.
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