Re:The Original 1851 Reviews of Moby Dick
by coldtea on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:13AM
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The London Athenaeum reviewer comes out as so provincial as only an Englishman would...
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Re:The Original 1851 Reviews of Moby Dick
by ttonkytonk on Monday September 11, 2017 @03:06PM
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Gotta love the quote, though, "Our author must be henceforth numbered in the company of the incorrigibles who occasionally tantalize us with indications of genius, while they constantly summon us to endure monstrosities, carelessnesses, and other such harassing manifestations of bad taste as daring or disordered ingenuity can devise…"