The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester

The Surgeon of Crowthorne

Simon Winchester

207 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

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Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extrordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the fir...

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informative 94%
sad 34%
reflective 31%
dark 21%
challenging 14%
emotional 13%
inspiring 13%
mysterious 12%
adventurous 7%
funny 2%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 2%
tense 1%

Pace

slow 47%
medium 44%
fast 7%

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