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A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Samuel Johnson
Creator: David Crystal
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 216269
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0141441577
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
EAN: 9780141441573
ASIN: 0141441577
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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Product Description
Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language
Samuel Johnsons best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontes and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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Interesting Read June 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this as a graduation present for my best friend and spent some time just thumbing through this book. It is definitely an interesting read; especially with the origins of each entry.
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