602 pages
Purchase Details
Paperback, 0-7475-3115-3
Publication date: 16 October 1997
Readership: Wide general readership.

The juxtaposition of quotations by authors from different periods can make for fascinating and amusing reading. The Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations departs from established tradition in that it includes both familiar quotations and perceptive or witty sayings that are less well known. It includes, especially, sought quotations that reflect contemporary issues (eg Jesse Jackson) as well as those from literature (eg quotes both about and by William Blake) and the Bible.

Fully revised and updated
The ultimate anthology - more than 10,000 quotations
Hundreds of contemporary quotations