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Originally Posted By: FaldageY'all shouldn't dismiss Melville out of hand based on his later work. Read Typee and Omoo (I forget which is first). They are quite readable.
It was required reading for my class. I did not think it
would ever end. I've read the others as well, and don't
dismiss Melville at all. I just could not take all the
whale blubber usage and other materiels of that nature.
I assigned Melville as a teacher, but not Moby.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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