#Moby-Dick was published today in 1851 in London by Richard Bentley. My life -- and many others who love literature, love #whales
love #Ishmael's voice, love #Queequeg's body & soul, even love, b/c so visceral, the representation of #Ahab's pain, & even love, perhaps most of all, the brilliant, funny, heartbreaking chapters about the whale's anatomy -- was transformed after reading it for the first time when I was 16. & transformed anew with every rereading. 🐳

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