The Dictionary of Lost Words (Online)

Duration: 60 minutes

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In 1901, a young girl takes up a secret fight to give women’s words their rightful place in the English language. Esme saves words discarded by the male lexicographers creating the first Oxford English Dictionary to start her own: The Dictionary of Lost Words. Presented in collaboration with ABC Radio National’s, The Bookshelf.