This updated edition maintains an extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations, and contains completely up-to-date material. The book contains over 9000 quotations from nearly 2000 authors and includes quotations from classic literary and historical sources, as well as from today's influential literary and cultural figures.
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Elizabeth Knowles is a historical lexicographer. She has been Managing Editor of Oxford Quotations Dictionaries since 1993.
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