The Professor and the Madman [Audiobook] download free by Simon Winchester
- Listen audiobook: The Professor and the Madman
- Author: Simon Winchester
- Release date: 2011/2/18
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780060839789
- Rating: 9.35 of 10
- Votes: 406
- Review by: Bodie Salter
- Review rating: 9.95 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/10
- Duration: 3H0M36S in 256 kbps (48.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-10
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, ATRAC, FLAC, MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, MP3, MPEG-4 SLS, WAV (compression ZIP, TZ, RAR, TZO, DMG)
- Total pages original book: 242
- Includes a PDF summary of 24 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 17M55S (4.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in 1857, it was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: General, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Linguistics, Biography: Literary, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, British & Irish History
- Download servers: Dropbox, Nubo, FileServe, Google Drive, MEGA, Hotfile, FileTransfer.io. Compressed in ZIP, TZ, RAR, TZO, DMG
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 16.87 USD
- Dimensions: 132x201x20mm
- Weight: 340g
- Printed by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Published in: New York, NY, United States
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