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Don't let the size and reputation of this book scare you away from one of the most satisfying, exciting, and enlightening books you will ever come across! Melville's Moby Dick is, hands down, my all-time favorite book, and the first recommendation I give to anyone who asks me what they should read next.
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julius, October 13, 2008 (view all comments by julius)
One of the joys of growing older is revisiting the books that were required reading in high school. Like most teens, when I was TOLD to do anything, I rebelled immediately! Or at least I would comply grudgingly! I was speaking to my boss not long ago and I asked her what her favourite book was. She said without hesitation, "Moby Dick". She couldn't recommend it enough, and her enthusiasm was catching! I have to tell you, this is a daunting book at least. The size alone, like the title character is fairly massive, but like the answer to the riddle of how to eat an elephant, I set about reading this book one bite at a time! I set aside any anxiety about getting every little bit of everything that so many other writers have written about this book, and experienced this work as I read it. As I read, this book, this masterpiece, unfolds, and unfolds, and unfolds! It takes you in and engulfs you in this world, these characters, these situations. The chapters involving whaling and sea craft, at first tedious to me, as it seemed to interrupt the flow of the story, were really saying so much more. By the time I reached the end, I flipped the book back to the beginning to read the first chapter again and how different the meaning was. "Call me Ishmael" sends a chill through me even now, and probably will always. This book is about you. Me. All of us. No lie! This book should never be taken lightly, but it is a very accessible and thoroughly rewarding experience. Every bit of it. When I am asked the question I asked my boss, I say without hesitation, "My favourite book is Moby Dick, and if you haven't read it, you should. It will change your life". It changed mine.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679405597

Other:

Melville, Herman

Publisher:

Everyman's Library

Author:

Melville, Herman

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Classics

Subject:

Action & Adventure

Subject:

American fiction (fictional works by one author)

Subject:

Adventure

Subject:

Mentally ill

Subject:

Adventure stories

Subject:

Epic literature

Subject:

Ahab, captain (fictitious character)

Subject:

Whales

Subject:

Whaling

Subject:

Sea stories

Subject:

Allegories

Subject:

Whaling -- Fiction.

Subject:

Ahab, Captain

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Edition Description:

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Series:

Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics

Series Volume:

40

Publication Date:

November 1991

Binding:

Hardcover

Language:

English

Pages:

640

Dimensions:

8.31x5.26x1.38 in. 1.40 lbs.