THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING by SIMON WINCHESTER
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BOOK – THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING
The Meaning of Everything – The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
"Winchester is an extraordinarily graceful writer. He may be the world
This book is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. His supple, vigorous prose illuminates the dauntingly ambitious project – a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all wordbooks, the world's unrivaled uber- dictionary.
He's the greatest crafter of smooth transitions, and he has the good sense of never to resist an irresistible digression. Above all, Winchester is delightfully alert to history's ironies and synchronicities."
"Thrilling, comprehensive, literate, meticulously researched and scientifically accurate. It is one of the best books ever written about the history and significance of a natural disaster."
- Richard Ellis – The New York Times Book Review
Winchester lovingly describes the minutiae of dictionary making, brings us to visit the unseemly corrugated iron shed that Murray grandly dubbed The Scriptorium, and introduces some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitz Edward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to the murderous W. C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument erected to a living language.
Author – Simon Winchester
Format – Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher – Oxford University Press
ISBN – 0 19 860702 4
Condition - NEW
