The Dictionary People, by Sarah Ogilvie

28 Mar 2024 | by Lucy Pollard

Author: Sarah Ogilvie. Review by Lucy Pollard

'It is not a coincidence that many of the contributors, including the three Quakers, were women.' | Photo: Book cover (and detail) of The Dictionary People, by Sarah Ogilvie

Friends love wordless silence, of course, but some of us love words too, written or spoken. This book is the latest in a line of fascinating works about the history of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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