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Read the last chapter last night: dang, this is a whale of a book. Ship, ahoy...
“It’s been years since I last read any of Melville’s work. And the truth is that even now, at the age of sixty-two, I have yet to read Moby-Dick.” That’s what I wrote last January in my review of "Bartleby the Scrivener." I’m still sixty-two … I’ve just finished Moby-Dick … and I’ve only after all of these years realized that the title
Moby-Dick
is hyphenated. “But how now, Ishmael (p. 464)?
Enough said already in that earlier review about the tragedy of Melville’s having died in near obscur ...more
Enough said already in that earlier review about the tragedy of Melville’s having died in near obscur ...more
Well, what a monster of a book. Took me a while to read this one, Melville's use of language although beautiful was a challenge to understand. What I did enjoy about this book is the storyline of Ahab and his relentless obsession if revenge against the white whale, but, the rest of the book read like an encyclopaedia of whales and whaling. A couple of chapters like this were fun to read but they broke the main story up and chipped away at the message.
Now I know what you're thinking... this guy ...more
Now I know what you're thinking... this guy ...more
One of my professors insisted that we read this book as english majors! He was absolutely right...pleasantly surprised by the reach of this book!!
Apr 13, 2009
Janice
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Pablo
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