Michael Cunningham - As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books...

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As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared.

Michael Cunningham

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Wie jeder Literaturwissenschaftler weiß, sind die letzten Bücher oft nicht die Bücher, die am beliebtesten sind, wenn sie geschrieben werden. Sowohl 'Moby Dick' als auch 'The Great Gatsby' waren kritische und kommerzielle Misserfolge, als sie zum ersten Mal auftraten.

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