TheProfessorandtheMadman教授与疯子

作者 Simon Winchester著
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 2008年9月
ISBN 9780060839789
定价 153.30

内容简介

TheProfessorandtheMadman,masterfullyresearchedandeloquentlywritten,isanextraordinarytaleofmadness,genius,andtheincredibleobsessionsoftworemarkablementhatledtothemakingoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary--andliteraryhistory.ThecompilationoftheOEDbeganin1857,itwasoneofthemostambitiousprojectseverundertaken.Asdefinitionswerecollected,theoverseeingcommittee,ledbyProfessorJamesMurray,discoveredthatoneman,Dr.W.C.Minor,hadsubmittedmorethantenthousand.Whenthecommitteeinsistedonhonoringhim,ashockingtruthcametolight:Dr.Minor,anAmericanCivilWarveteran,wasalsoaninmateatanasylumforthecriminallyinsane.ThisP.S.editionfeaturesanextra16pagesofinsightsintothebook,includingauthorinterviews,recommendedreading,andmore.

作者简介

SimonWinchesteristheacclaimedauthorofmanybooks,includingTheProfessorandtheMadman,TheManWhoLovedChina,ACrackintheEdgeoftheWorld,andKrakatoa.ThosebookswereNewYorkTimesbestsellersandappearedonnumerousbestandnotablelists.In2006,Mr.WinchesterwasmadeanofficeroftheOrderoftheBritishEmpire(OBE)byherMajestytheQueen.HelivesinManhattanandinwesternMassachusetts.

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