A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology Paperback - 2007
by Samuel Johnson; Introduction by David Crystal
Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language
Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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- Title A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology
- Author Samuel Johnson; Introduction by David Crystal
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date October 30, 2007
- ISBN 9780141441573 / 0141441577
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.16 x 1.21 in (19.71 x 13.11 x 3.07 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects English language, English language - Lexicography
- Dewey Decimal Code 423
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- Booklist, 08/01/2007, Page 114
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