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Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Herman Melville

Start date: October 1, 2022

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What Members Thought

Apr 23, 2018 Chrissie rated it did not like it

Shelves: philo-psychol, classics, hf, free, audible-us, adventure, dnf, disliked, 2018-read

I have tried to read this umpteen times. I have never completed it. I will now try listening to the unabridged audiobook version read by Anthony Heald, a narrator whose performances I highly admire.

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I am halfway through this and I am s-u-f-f-e-r-i-n-g. It is tedious. It is boring. OK, if you are a cetologist, you may enjoy the details more than I do. There is a line or two of humor, but for the most part the language is wordy and often unclear. A whole chapter on the inaccuracy of ...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, animals, american-fiction, mtbr-challenge-2013, e-books, fiction-19th-century, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, read-2013, kindle

I won't miss this one. Also available at iTunes for download and podcasts.

As stated by the Moby Dick Big Read project, Moby-Dick is the great American novel. But it is also the great unread American novel.

This is quite comprehensive, that's why I decided to join Hayes and some other friends in this interesting project which provided a chapter per day from the period of September 15 2012 to January 29 2013. An international body of artwork had accompanied each chapter, a quite huge project which ...more

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Jan 10, 2016 Tom Britz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was not an easy read. It was part encyclopedia, zoology lesson as well as anatomy (whale). When the story moved it was a fun and absorbing read. I was pleasantly surprised at the humor which helped move the story. If this book was published today it would be about 200 pages thinner.

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Oct 30, 2018 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001, 2018-chunky-book-challenge

I really enjoyed this book, although there were chapters that tedious to say the least, but overall, I enjoyed the experience. The beginning of the book is wonderful. The descriptions of Ishmael looking to go to sea are perfect.

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