The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Authors	Simon Winchester
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year	26/04/2018
Pages	336
Version	paperback
Readership level	General/trade
Language	English
ISBN	9780198814399
Categories	Language: history & general works

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The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.

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