Moby Dick - Ordered
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Dwight Garner of The New York Times and Becca Rothfeld of The Washington Post discussed their 2024 book reviews with Kara Swisher on an episode of Kara’s podcast, On with Kara Swisher.
Dwight noted that reading sentences out of context lets you focus on the writer’s skill at the level of sentences.
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Title: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Author: Herman Melville
Release date: May 1, 1991 [eBook #15] Most recently updated: March 6, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Eugene F. Irey
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