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    What title charcter of a famous novel does not appear physically in the book for the first 500 pages?

    Question #842. Asked by rhonda. (Apr 07 00 8:21 PM)


    essaychess

    		Moby Dick

    Apr 07 00, 8:37 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The end of "Moby Dick" informs the rest of the book, and in doing so makes rereading it inevitable. It is telling that Moby Dick doesn't appear until page 494. It is telling, because, the majority of the book is spent in anticipation---in fact, the whole book is anticipation.

    http://www.americanliteratureresource.com/site/1416849/page/599162

    Jan 15 08, 7:40 PM

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