A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology

by Samuel Johnson

Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language

Samuel Johnson's 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 Bront s and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141441577
• ISBN13: 9780141441573
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Interesting Read

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.