I have had two false starts in my life on this whale of a book. I got to the halfway point. I am not sure I will finish it. I am positive the best parts are later, but I am running out of time.
IntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the Text--Moby-DickList of Textual EmendationsExplanatory NotesGlossary of Nautical TermsMaps and Illustrations
I do not understand why this book is considered an American classic, unless it was so designated by an enemy of the USA who wants to make us look foolish. Melville is long-winded, wordy and pedantic. If he didn't try to overwhelm the reader with every piece of trivia he could find about whales, it...
People have said that Moby Dick is an American classic - the ultimate American novel. I've also heard that it is long and tedious and rambles on about things that are only vaguely related to the plot. After finishing this book, I felt that it was a combination of both - a great American epic that ...
I can't get on with the prose style so I've started this several times and not got very far. I keep trying because I love "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick which is an astonishing book about the real events that inspired Moby Dick and I would love to read the Melville book as well. Th...
I honestly can't tell the reader of this review why I enjoyed this book so much since it is so far out of my normal reading range..but I found it action packed and fast paced for a classic.
It loomed ahead like some primordial beast from the depths of hell, seemingly unconquerable....and yet I managed to finish reading Moby Dick.Not sure I could have done it without an audiobook though. There were sections and scenes that enthralled, while others were watching-paint-dry-on-a-fence bori...
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