If I had not ended up with two copies of this book, I would not part with this. One of the great novels of American literature for a reason. Suprisingly easy-to-read in spite of years of complaints from college students. If you read no other book in the English language, read this!

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A classic I wanted to reread. Still a good read.

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Warning: this is not Moby Dick. It bears little similarity to the Herman Melville masterpiece. It is heavily, insanely, extremely abridged. It could be renamed "Abridged Too Far." It reads like a children's book and retains none of the intent and character of the original. The original is one of the most important philosophical works ever produced by the hand of man. When I received this book and read through parts of it I was so disturbed that such a thing exists that I unceremoniously threw it in the trash so that no other person could end up with that book in their hands and end up thinking that it in any way represents Moby Dick. If you are looking for Moby Dick please be sure to get an adult unabridged version.

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Now I understand why this has been called "the greatest work of fiction in the English language." This book has taken me to one great adventure.

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The geat classic whose ending wouldn't have been possible without Melivlle's hikes in the mountains of the Hudson Highlands and Bershires with his friends, artists and existentialists.

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A young man sets sail aboard the Pequod searching for adventure. He encounters the ship's captain, Ahab, who is obsessed with finding the whale who maimed him.

The book is 1/3 story, 2/3 lessons on anything and everything to do with whales.

It could be argued that the book is like a whale itself: full of a lot of blubber offering details and more details of all things whale ( good, bad, ugly, sweet and foul) throughout the entire middle of the novel. However, even among these useless chapters is found profound passage regarding life still relevant to today.

Some of these passages are oftentimes funny, thrilling and philosophical. And the passages describing Ahab's anger, madness and desired revenge towards Moby Dick are just riveting

Having the audiobook as I read the book most definitely helped. The
irrelevant parts that added nothing to the plot were traversable because of audiobook. The narrator's voice gave Ahab's character the gravitas it needed to show how haunting Ahab's vengeance towards the whale was.

Overall: the novel * * *. 3 stars. The audiobook narrated by William Hootkins gets * * * * * * 6 stars.
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Because this is such a well known classic I tried reading it several times. The author seems to be more interested in explaining how the whaling industry worked back then than progressing with the story. The farthest I have made it is half way... then I switched to something better, like Les Miserables or the Count of Monte Cristo.

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A classic. A very long read but rewarding. Lots of biblical references and a very in depth study of whales. So be prepared.

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classic american fiction

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What more can be said of arguably the best book ever written?

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One of the most famous classic novels of our time.

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A must read of everyone.
The story of Moby Dick is very interesting and exciting.
I am sure you will enjoy, if you have not already read this book.

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Great Illustrated Classics series

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Very Good Reading
New York Post Family Classics Library

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