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In The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable feat, and the fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful promoter of an all-female sculling crew, to James Murray, self-educated son of a draper, who spent half a century guiding the project towards fruition. Along the way we learn which dictionary editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, and why Tolkien found it so hard to define 'walrus'.
Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map That Changed the World, The Meaning of Everything is an enthralling account of the creation of the world's greatest dictionary.
In The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable feat, and the fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful promoter of an all-female sculling crew, to James Murray, self-educated son of a draper, who spent half a century guiding the project towards fruition. Along the way we learn which dictionary editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, and why Tolkien found it so hard to define 'walrus'.
Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map That Changed the World, The Meaning of Everything is an enthralling account of the creation of the world's greatest dictionary.
- Foreword
- Prologue
- 1: Taking the Measure of It All
- 2: The Construction of the Pigeon-Holes
- 3: The General Officer Commanding
- 4: Battling the Undertow
- 5: Pushing through the Untrodden Forest
- 6: So Heavily Goes the Chariot
- 7: The Hermit and the Murderer - and Hereward Thimbleby Price
- 8: From Take to Turndown - and then, Triumphal Valediction
- Epilogue: And Always Beginning Again
- Bibliography and Further Reading
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 304 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198814399 |
| ISBN-10: | 0198814399 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Winchester, Simon |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Oxford University Press España S.A., El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares, Avendia de Castilla 2, E-28830 Madrid, product.safety@oup.com |
| Maße: | 195 x 128 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Simon Winchester |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.06.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,359 kg |
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