The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon WinchesterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fascinating read!
I finished this book months ago, but it feels like yesterday... the story is that memorable. If you think you have an idea how the original dictionaries were created, think again. This book will blow your mind. It does move a bit slow at times, but I could put up with it, given the surprises that it contains. There are lovely word interludes, giving insight to how the definitions of certain words were created. And, yes, there IS a madman at the centre of the story.
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