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"his most famous tale, 'Typee'" (!!)
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His most famous work in 1890 was "typee"?
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Yeah, he was never famous for Moby-Dick in his lifetime.
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That was bec. after MD’s failure w/ critics (duh) and a few readers (duh), he went underground. Walking out was a healthy practice all his life. Can’t read the newsp clipping in total. If the NYers were thinking this way BEFORE MD’s non-acceptance? Probably bec. he was private.
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He was 71 and died a year later. Not so old but old to be working full-time; young to be forgotten as he had been for 30 years. Moby-Dick was a commercial flop.
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Also, he was working for the Customs Revenue Service as an old man? Moby Dick didn’t land him retirement money?
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