Parameters
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Meer over het boek
"We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium -- the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it -- and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to 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 ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project -- a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivaled uber-dictionary. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Een boek kopen
The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
Betaalmethoden
We missen je recensie hier.
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Simon Winchester
- Uitgever
- Oxford University Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0192805762
- ISBN13
- 9780192805768
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Historisch thema, Geschiedenis, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Handleidingen en Gidsen, Talen, Linguïstiek, Over boeken
- Beoordeling
- 4 van 5
- Aantekening
- "We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium -- the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it -- and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to 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 ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project -- a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivaled uber-dictionary. Book jacket."--Jacket.