Chambers Dictionary of Quotations

Chambers Dictionary of Quotations

by Alison Jones (Editor), Alison Jones (Editor), Megan Thomson (Editor), Megan Thomspon (Editor), Stephanie Pickering (Editor)

Synopsis

Drawing its content from a wide variety of sources including television programmes, political speeches, films, literature, newspaper headlines, songs and advertisements, this is the only dictionary of quotations to include mini-biographies of authors, helping to put the quotes in context. With a truly international outlook, it is arranged alphabetically by author and fully indexed by keyword, making it an invaluable reference for writers and academics, and an ideal gift.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1515
Edition: Annotated
Publisher: Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd
Published: 31 Oct 1996

ISBN 10: 0550210199
ISBN 13: 9780550210197

Author Bio
This internationally renowned reference publisher continues its celebrated tradition of excellence into the present day with such informative and authoritative works as the Chambers Crossword Dictionary, Chambers Encyclopedia, Chambers Biographical Dictionary and the all-new Chambers Dictionary of Quotations.
Chambers is based in Edinburgh, as it always has been, and employs editors with a wide range of skills on dictionaries and other titles for a variety of users, including students and teachers of English as a foreign or second language. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of titles on grammar and usage, single-volume reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, as well as titles for Scrabble(R) and crosswords.