Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)
 

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)

by Herman Melville

Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself.

Introduction by Andrew Delbanco
Explanatory Commentary by Tom Quirk (read review)

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sthurner
  • Rated 5 stars

"Call me Ishmael."

I know, lots of people just can't ge through Moby Dick, but I've read and enjoyed it at least three times. I love the scope of this novel, teh adventure, and even the arcane knowledge (want to know about ambergris?). I am just drawn to this sprawling adventure on the high seas, and to the way the novel portrays a man being slowly destroyed by his need for revenge.

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Erin G
  • Rated 1 stars

*yawn* This is definitely a book for a select audience. If Melville had stuck to the the story, it would have been a great (and much shorter book). But I slogged through the first half and had to return it to the library unfinished. I myself wanted to kill "Moby Dick" and I hadn't even met him by the time I had to put the book down.

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Community:
  • Rated 3.75 stars
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  • Rated 4.214286 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • Harvey Booth

    harvey booth said:

    Wait whats that, a noise in the distance, coming closer. I know what it is, a fog horn, phew I'm exhausted that was more exciting than the whole book put together

    posted Thursday, June 5 2008
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