num_pages: 223
description: An obsessive word lover's account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover. I am reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless read on...So reports Ammon Shea the tireless word-obsessed and more than slightly masochistic author of Reading the OED the word lover's Mount Everest the OED has enthralled logophiles since its initial publication 80 years ago. Weighing in at 137 pounds it is the dictionary to end all dictionaries. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit sheer delight and a documentarian's keen eye Shea shares his year inside the OED delivering a hair-pulling eye-crossing account of reading every word and revealing the most obscure hilarious and wonderful gems he discovers along the way.
language: English
title: Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
publisher: Perigee Trade