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Using the "stream of consciousness" style of narration, Faulkner was hailed as one of the greatest American writers through his achievements of this book. However, overall not an easy read, and only the highly motivated will get the full potential of the book.

Beautiful book!

With the exception of a few delicious quotes of his, I knew very little about Dr. Johnson and his making of the dictionary before I read Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary. I learned quite a few tidbits and got a bit of a feel for the man himself. He was a larger-than-life type personality and it seems that his dictionary reflects that. Since I have a fascination with dictionaries and lexicography I found it to be an interesting book but not altogether captivating. It was obvious Johnson had a strong, opinionated personality who was also given to melancholy, but somehow it wasn’t fully fleshed out in this narrative. There are hints here and there of either OCD or Tourettes and there’s an occasional discussion of his illnesses but it seemed to be written as if the reader already knew these things. I found out far more by reading the Wiki article. I still enjoyed learning about Johnson and the making of his dictionary, which was written with much more detail. Dr. Johnson’s own definitions of the lexicographer being a “drudge” must be quite true as there’s really no “stranger than fiction” occurrence. I would probably not recommend this as a first book on the subject, unless this is a topic that interests you . The book for that would be: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester.