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Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, resolved and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 286
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780198607021
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Author and journalist <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Winchester>Simon Winchester</a> was born in England but favours the United States.
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