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336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781784743864
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chatto Windus
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In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the ‘Scriptori...
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336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781784743864
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Chatto Windus
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the ‘Scriptori...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings