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GR 4.01 The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams is a historical fiction novel about a young woman named Esme who grows up amidst the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Inspired by the real history of the OED's compilation, the story follows Esme as she secretly collects words related to women's experiences that are discarded by the male lexicographers, creating her own "Dictionary of Lost Words" to preserve a hidden history of language and women's lives, set against the backdrop of the women's suffrage movement and World War I.