| Author | : Simon Winchester |
| File Size | : 50,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 19 April 2024 |
| ISBN | : 0192805762 |
| Pages | : 294 pages |
The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester Book PDF Summary
"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.