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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- Narrated by: Imogen Sage
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word bondmaid flutter to the floor unclaimed. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men.
Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others - that words and meanings relating to women’s experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Set when the women’s suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men.
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- Mrs Mutley
- 23-08-2020
Quite enjoyable until....
I really enjoyed listening to this book until the end when the reader kept mispronouncing Aboriginal words. It’s wonderful to have the First Nations of the Adelaide Plains acknowledged but it really ruins the intention when the names of those people are mispronounced (Kaurna may start with a K but it’s pronounced as a G). A little extra care should have been taken by the producers of this audiobook when faced with words they obviously had never heard before, especially when the book deals so closely with words and their meanings. Otherwise this is a thoughtfully written book, well researched and insightful. I highly recommend it.
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- KerryJ
- 08-06-2020
An Engrossing Story, A Thinkpiece on Words
If you just get this for the story, it is of a woman neither shy nor brave, whose love of language and words signpost her life. She is a comfortable and keen observer and a reluctant protagonist. It is also a story of language, of words and their power, where the epilogue and author's notes play as vital a role as any plot point. I feel that echoes of this moving, intelligent, thoughtful book will reverberate in my head and heart for the rest of my life.
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- Kaye Davies
- 31-05-2020
Gentle sweet sad special
I loved this book. Williams dealt with the difficulties of single parenthood, gender roles, inequality , change and war without too much opinion, letting the reader feel through it.
A smashing read and so well voice acted; Imogen Sage is very talented.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-2021
Chapters out of order?
Chapters played out of order for me, one chapter went for over two hours which was the end of the book. A chunk of the middle of the story was skipped. I was very confused; once the middle of the story started to play, it began to make sense, but because of this technical error I didn't get as emotionally involved as I may have and therefore overall enjoyment was impacted. Not sure if others had the same issue
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-06-2020
detailed, thought provoking and entertaining
loved the characters, narrative and historical accuracy. narrator was great to listen to and read with care. highly recommend!
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- Maria
- 20-05-2020
Loved it
I loved every second of this wonderful story. Full of heart and the narration is perfect. This has become a new favourite for me
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- ARC
- 09-05-2021
Audiobook chapters in wrong order!
Very good read and performance, but 3/4 down the way, Audiobook chapters in wrong order, spoiling the end...
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- Leigh-ann
- 13-08-2020
Loved listening to this book
Loved the story woven around historical events. Finally, a narrator whose voice ages with the characters. I really enjoyed this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-2020
Througherly enjoyed.
I didn't think I was going to enjoy this book as much as I did. Througherly enjoyed it, narrated well and had me wanting to know more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-12-2020
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I am 5 minutes into this book. The gulping for hair in between each sentence is already driving me mad.
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