Literary scholar Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-98), daughter of the music publisher Vincent Novello, had a lifelong love of Shakespeare. Her magnum opus, which took twelve years to prepare, was first published in book form in 1845 and remained a standard work on Shakespearean vocabulary for half a century.
Twelve years in the making, this 1845 publication remained a standard work on Shakespearean vocabulary for half a century.