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The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.
teeming with knowledge and alive with insights. Winchester handles humor and awe with modesty and cunning. His prose is supremely readable.
exuberant, serious, funny, short, full, entrancingly readable
compelling reading. Winchester is excellent on the theory and practice of lexicography
Irresistible
Simon Winchester's book is a fascinating catalogue of political wrangles, logistical conundrums and personal battles that underlay the work's creation. This book is a delightful curiosity
Simon Winchester has told this story with a touch of human drama and with a true sense of the social history that surrounded the enterprise.
A lively and largely informative chronicle of a still-staggering enterprise
A must for language lovers.
Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British writer, journalist, and broadcaster. As a journalist he covered major events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. He is the author of Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010), The Professor and the Madman (1999), The Map that Changed the World (2001), and A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005), all of which have been New York Times bestsellers.
teeming with knowledge and alive with insights. Winchester handles humor and awe with modesty and cunning. His prose is supremely readable.
exuberant, serious, funny, short, full, entrancingly readable
compelling reading. Winchester is excellent on the theory and practice of lexicography
Irresistible
Simon Winchester's book is a fascinating catalogue of political wrangles, logistical conundrums and personal battles that underlay the work's creation. This book is a delightful curiosity
Simon Winchester has told this story with a touch of human drama and with a true sense of the social history that surrounded the enterprise.
A lively and largely informative chronicle of a still-staggering enterprise
A must for language lovers.
Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British writer, journalist, and broadcaster. As a journalist he covered major events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. He is the author of Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010), The Professor and the Madman (1999), The Map that Changed the World (2001), and A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005), all of which have been New York Times bestsellers.