"On November 14th, 1851 Herman Melville published Moby Dick, the classic tale of Captain Ahab's whale hunt." (OUPblog: This Day in History: Moby Dick is Published)
"On November 14th, 1851 Herman Melville published Moby Dick, the classic tale of Captain Ahab's whale hunt." (OUPblog: This Day in History: Moby Dick is Published)
Ouch. Every so often, I feel a twinge in my conscience that I haven't read this monument. Can't I just admire it from afar? Do I have to plunge my hands into the spermiceti? Do I?
ReplyDeleteAll hate the white whale. The evil white whale with his dead-blue eye.
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