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Driving With ‘Moby-Dick’ – NYTimes.com

Is there a stranger figure in American literature than the narrator of “Moby-Dick”? He says, “Call me Ishmael” — the very first words of the book — but that isn’t exactly the same as saying “My name is Ishmael.” He could be anyone, of any name, but Ishmael is what the reader must agree to call him…

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