The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Winchester (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 2,732 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 114 hours in all.
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About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
364 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary is an audiobook by Simon Winchester: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Winchester, released January 13, 2004, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Winchester
- Released
- January 13, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Europe
- ISBN
- 9780060756321
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary as an audiobook?
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary?
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary is narrated by Simon Winchester.