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The Original 1851 Reviews of Moby Dick
There was little indication 166 years ago that the book would enter the canon of great American fiction.
by
George Ripley
,
Henry F. Chorley
,
London John Bull
,
William Young
via
Literary Hub
on
September 8, 2017
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