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Johnson's dictionary / David Dabyeen.
Van Pelt Library PR6054.A167 J64 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dabydeen, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demerara--History--18th century--Fiction.
- Demerara.
- London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Peepal Tree, 2013.
- Summary:
- An historical adventure through London and the sugar-cane colony of Demerara, British Guyana. David Dabydeen takes inspiration from the art of Hogarth and its dens of iniquity: we meet slaves, lowly women on the make, lustful overseers and pious Jews. But it is in his master's copy of Johnson's Dictionary that the slave Francis finds the transformative power of words, and his own path to freedom and redemption.
- ISBN:
- 9781845232184
- 1845232186
- OCLC:
- 832610385
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