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   margueritem said, 6 months ago

   Yes, his Mom dragged him in for his bath, too.
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   Linux0s said, 6 months ago

   @margueritem

   Perhaps the impetus for the classic Moby Dick.
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   templo SUD said, 6 months ago

   And Robert Louis Stevenson (“Treasure Island” and “Jekyll/Hyde”) died in Samoa while writing “Weir of Hermiston.”
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   ellisaana said, 6 months ago

   So, was Moby Dick white because he was covered in chalk dust?
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   Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

   See how tiny Alice is when Madeline carries her up! [When I was little and walking with Mommy and Daddy and would get tired, I’d exclaim to Dad, “carry me up!”] The expressions on the kids’ faces are exquisite!
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   Gokie5 said, 6 months ago

   Love the comments today . . .
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   pumaman said, 6 months ago

   I think he was the lead singer of Herman’s Hermits…
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   Kitty said, 6 months ago

   What a fabulous strip this is, so glad I can enjoy the reruns.
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   prfesser said, 6 months ago

   @ellisaana

   I don’t know, but it kept rearing its might white head in the water.
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    whmIII said, 6 months ago

    I don’t think Melville even heard of chalk…
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

    @Linux0s

    He got the idea for “Moby Dick” from an actual story of the Essex destroyed by a mutant whale. (No whale before of since ever attacked a whaling ship. Too bad.)
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    calvinsfriend110 said, 6 months ago

    I think Melville died poor.
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    JP Steve said, 6 months ago

    @calvinsfriend110

    but clean.
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    runar said, 6 months ago

    Moby Dick was a commercial failure. His previous books, which were writtena s travelogues, were very successful, but the whale tale was savaged by the critics and ignored by the public. Part of the reason was that it was published in England forst, and the publisher there left off the epilogue, which tied together all the loose ends. American critics and readers took their cues from the British, and Melville’s career and fortunes headed for the toilet. Interest in his works finally picked up after WWI, too late to benefit him personally.
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    Chikuku said, 6 months ago

    In one scene in Moby Dick, Ishmael and his comrades wash in whale sperm. Totally disgusting, unless you are the Gayest man in the world.
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