Literary Fiction
A curious girl in Oxford's Scriptorium crafts her own dictionary of forgotten words, exploring women's voices amid historical change.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
A curious girl in Oxford's Scriptorium crafts her own dictionary of forgotten words, exploring women's voices amid historical change.
About
Details
Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to coll...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
AI
Brief mentions of sexual discovery; not explicit or central.
Violence & gore
AI
Minor references to WWI injuries; not graphic or detailed.
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No occult or magical themes present.
Occult / demonology
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
AI
Strong focus on women's suffrage and gender inequality themes.
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
AI
Brief mentions of mistreatment at boarding school; not central.
Other
AI
No information found.