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user-inactivated · 2739 days ago · link · · parent · post: TIH: October 18, 1851- Moby Dick is Published
This is my favorite part of reading Melville. A confluence of vocabulary and topical knowledge combine to make the experience of reading his books unique. It takes a different mindset to enjoy Melville, a different set of expectations, and an atypical approach. He wouldn't get published today, which is proof enough that the editing industry is not an unequivocally positive force.how anything worth mentioning is worth a whole chapter of details