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‘Unmissable’ Stephen Fry
''A delight'' Katherine Rundell
‘Illuminating’ Susie Dent
''Brilliant'' Philippa Perry
''Enthralling'' Jeanette Winterson

What do three murderers, Karl Marx''s daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with eli...