Williams, Pip, 1969-

The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams. - First U.S. edition. - xiv, 376 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.

"Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020."--Title page verso.

"In this remarkable debut novel based on actual events, as a team of male scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters decides to collect the "objectionable" words they omit."--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN: 9780593160190 0593160193 9781984820747 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2020019157

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Oxford English dictionary--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Lexicographers--Fiction.
Women--Suffrage--Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History--England--Oxford--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Oxford (England)--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92