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On this day in 1775, celebrated English novelist Jane Austen is born, the seventh of eight children in a village in Hampshire, #England.
Over 200 years after her death, she is one of a handful of authors to have found enduring popularity with both academic and popular readers.
On this day in 1851, Moby Dick is published.
Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of #American literature and contains one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael.” Initially the book about Captain Ahab's quest to catch a giant white whale was a flop.