Today is the 161st anniversary of "Moby Dick."
As The Christian Science Monitor article at the link shows, the book didn't gain its high status until many years after publication; a sad development since it robbed Herman Melville of the acclaim he richly deserved to see in his lifetime.
The best American novel ever? I rate it above the other popular claim "Huckleberry Finn."
ReplyDeleteDan,
ReplyDeleteI agree.
Michael