Joel A reviewed The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands …
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2 stars
I found this book to be rather annoying. There's a certain breathlessness to the retelling that just didn't grab me. There are also certain authors who can digress more interestingly than others. I did, however, like the definitions from the OED chosen as introductions for each chapter. It does inspire me to want to delve into the OED. But I will never have time.