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"Psalms, all the time spent on who begat who, long recitations of the law, the same basic story told four different ways in Matt/Mark/Luke/John, etc."

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" If the story had been restricted to the first chapter, the last three chapters, and the epilogue it would have made for a fine short story; unfortunately, Melville thought the reader needed a long course on whale anatomy as well."

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"The only thing more dull than period fiction is period fiction that involves women's romantic pining."

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