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Old 09-21-2009, 02:24 AM   #27
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Bah, humbug!
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
"Moby Dick" - obviously.

Did they have editors when that was published??
Agreed, and that's the very book that came to mind when I first saw the title of this thread. I found the endless chapters devoted to describing the various types of whales tiresome. I believe they're suppose to be some kind of allegory on social conditions or some such rubbish, but it just plain vexed me. The only reason I plowed through it was just to be able to say I had read it. War and Peace was long, but at least it was interesting; especially the parts speculating about how Napoleon might be the Antichrist (every generation has a candidate).

Reader's Digest could have done wonders with Melville.

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