"The Surgeon of Crowthorne": Level 5 (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers))

Type

Book

Authors

Simon Winchester

ISBN 10

0582435889

ISBN 13

9780582435889

Tags

Foreign Language Study & Reference, Words, Language & Grammar, English as a Second Language

Description

In the nineteenth century, two distinguished clever men become friends. But they come from very different backgrounds, one is a brilliant academic, the other is a madman and murderer. In spite of this they work together on one of the greatest works in the English language. An intriguing tale about the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary. - from Amzon

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