A Dictionary of the English Language

Informationen zum Autor Samuel Johnson Klappentext 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 Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung "Samuel Johnson's Dictionary", published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. This book contains a selection from the original, offering passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: David Crystal, Samuel Johnson
• Assisted by: David Crystal (Editor), David Crystal (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780141441573
• ISBN: 978-0-14-144157-3
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Learning aids/university-entrance diploma theory > Reference works; English, REFERENCE / Dictionaries