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**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**

Unmissable' Stephen Fry
''A delight'' Katherine Rundell
Illuminating' Susie Dent
''Brilliant'' Philippa Perry
''Enthralling'' Jeanette Winterson

What do three murderers, Karl Marx''s daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn''t just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples.

Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people''s history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, th

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**Unmissable' Stephen Fry''A delight'' Katherine RundellIlluminating' Susie Dent''Brilliant'' Philippa Perry''Enthralling'' Jeanette WintersonWhat do... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 9/5/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529922578, 978-1529922578
    ISBN10: 1529922577

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**

    Unmissable' Stephen Fry
    ''A delight'' Katherine Rundell
    Illuminating' Susie Dent
    ''Brilliant'' Philippa Perry
    ''Enthralling'' Jeanette Winterson

    What do three murderers, Karl Marx''s daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
    They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.

    The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn''t just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples.

    Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people''s history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, th

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