Thyroid Posted January 24, 2013 Moby-Dick's prose got so good at times I had to put it down just to process what I was reading. It's sometimes wordy and pretentious, but it's mostly fantastic. Power Moby-Dick is useful for understanding references, especially Biblical ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted January 24, 2013 I only read Moby Dick for the whale facts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Argobot Posted January 24, 2013 On 1/24/2013 at 7:09 PM, Kroms said: Moby-Dick's prose got so good at times I had to put it down just to process what I was reading. It's sometimes wordy and pretentious, but it's mostly fantastic. Power Moby-Dick is useful for understanding references, especially Biblical ones. I have an annotated version of Moby-Dick and it is full of footnotes on all the Biblical references. The footnote for the first sentence is a few paragraphs long and goes into incredible detail about who Ishmael was and what he represents. I stopped reading the book because it felt like I was two different books at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
