Dictionary of the English Language An Anthology

Name: Dictionary of the English Language An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780141441573

ISBN-10: 0141441577

ISBN-13: 9780141441573

Edition: 2006

Authors: Samuel Johnson, David Crystal

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Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnsons 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 Bronts 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.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 704
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.79" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.034

David Crystalis a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster on language and linguistics.