How Moby-Dick became the Rosetta Stone of the American republic
Howard A. Rodman
In his own era, Melville’s work received at best a mixed reception. Said the London Athenaeum of Moby-Dick, “This is an ill-compounded mixture of romance and matter-of-fact…The style of his… Read more »
History
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UK school children to receive a free 'patriotic' book from the government on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
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Huge collection of rare books left to Devon charity shop
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Brontë Society fights to keep “lost” Emily Brontë poems available for the public
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Steinbeck werewolf novel unlikely to see the light of day
Wishing the happiest 200th birthday to Herman Melville 
British poetry publisher starts its own audiobook series 
