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A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
If you liked The Professor and the Madman, try these:
In this remarkable debut based on actual events, as a team of male scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, the daughter of one of them decides to collect the "objectionable" words they omit.
The fascinating and surprising history of English spelling from David Crystal, everyone's favorite expert logophile.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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