Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary by Henry Hitchings

Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary

Henry Hitchings

292 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of the YearIn 1746, Samuel Johnson undertook the Herculean task of writing the first comprehensive English dictionary. Imagining he could complete the job in three years, Johnson in fact took more than eight, and ...

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