Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- ISBN-10
- 1840223103
- ISBN-13
- 9781840223101
- Category
- Allusions
- Pages
- 1166
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Author
- Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Description
This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.
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