[OC] I looked at the distribution of third-person pronouns by gender in 15 classic novels, and within the 18 episodes of James Joyce’s Ulysses. by Journalist_Asleep
nrith on April 13, 2026 12:36 am I can’t recall a single female character in Moby-Dick other than the proprietor of the Try-Pots. They refer to the ship as “she,” and the famous “that she blows” quote refers to the whale, but those seem like nautical conventions.
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I can’t recall a single female character in Moby-Dick other than the proprietor of the Try-Pots. They refer to the ship as “she,” and the famous “that she blows” quote refers to the whale, but those seem like nautical conventions.