I’d find it difficult to choose just one, but I’ve narrowed
it down to a dozen that appear on my shelves:
Oxford English
Dictionary; I’ve got the two-volume compact edition with the magnifying
glass.
Merriam-Webster
Encyclopedia of Literature
Benet's Reader's
Encyclopedia by Bruce Murphy
A Glossary of Literary
Terms by M.H. Abrams
Masterpieces of World
Literature in Digest Form, edited by Frank N. Magill
The Oxford Companion
to the English Language, edited by Tom McArthur
The Reader’s
Encyclopedia of Shakespeare, edited by Oscar James Campbell
Chambers Biographical
Dictionary, edited by Magnus Magnusson
The Dictionary of
Cultural Literacy by E. D. Hirsch
The Dictionary of
Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions by Abraham H. Lass
McGraw-Hill Handbook
of English Grammar and Usage by Mark Lester and Larry Beason
The Little, Brown Book
of Anecdotes by Clifton Fadiman
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