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The Dictionary of Lost Words, Stage Adaptation
By Pip Williams and Verity Laughton
Published by Affirm Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
The box office smash hit stage adaptation by Verity Laughton of the international bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
In 1901, the word 'bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
Set when the women's suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It's a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it.
In 1901, the word 'bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
Set when the women's suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It's a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it.
About The Authors
credit to come
Pip was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. She is co-author of the book Time Bomb: Work Rest and Play in Australia Today (New South Press, 2012) and in 2017 she wrote One Italian Summer, a memoir of her family's travels in search of the good life, which was published with Affirm Press to wide acclaim. Pip has also published travel articles, book reviews, flash fiction and poetry. In The Dictionary of Lost Words she combines her talent for historical research with beautiful storytelling. She has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary and found a tale of missing words and the lives of women lived between the lines.
Product Details
- Publisher: Affirm Press (December 31, 2024)
- Length: 116 pages
- ISBN13: 9781923293366
Raves and Reviews
From this quirky lexicographical incident Pip Williams has conjured an extraordinary, charming novel... Williams pins a whole, rich life to the page.
What a novel of words, their adventure and their capacity to define and, above all, challenge the world. There will not be this year a more original novel published. I just know it.
Full of heart and tenderness, heartbreak and joy, love and loss ... this is the perfect iso read.
The debut novelist who's become a lockdown sensation.
This absorbing, quietly revolutionary novel ... is deeply, intrinsically kind ... A profoundly comforting place to dwell.
In the annals of lexicography, no more imaginative, delightful, charming and clever book has yet been written.
Pip Williams has spun a marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress ... It is at once timely and timeless.
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