Moby-Dick is a book you need to read twice, because the first time you read it it’s entirely not what you expect. The second time around gives you a chance to know what’s coming-—yes, there will be an entire chapter about the color white—-and even then, the novel is just full of so many bizarre and...
Although this was only his first book, and considered something like fluff when compared to his magnum opus "Moby-Dick," Melville's superb command of the language and gift for interesting discursiveness was already nascent. An excellent read, in and of itself, but also for the purpose of charting Me...