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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick

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Summary

'The frail gunwales bent in， collapsed， and snapped， as both jaws， like an enormous shears， sliding further aft， bit the craft completely in twain。。。'

The crew of the whaling ship the Pequod is bound by its Captain Ahab to a single， bloody goal: the killing of the whale Moby-Dick， the giant albino that has taken his leg and on which he has sworn vengeance。 Driven， perhaps doomed， by his dangerous monomania， they sail in pursuit of the monster。

Moby-Dick is the greatest novel of the sea ever written and one of the most expansive feats of imagination in fiction。 Melville unforgettably crews the Pequod， and at the book's mad， raging heart， Ahab's quest for the white whale is a symbol as powerful as any in all of literature。

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Alif A。 Putra ，

Cukup menghibur untuk ukuran ringkasan yang diterbitkan Odysee。

Sofia Silverchild ，

Πολύ καλή διασκευή του μυθιστορήματος του Μέλβιλ σε εξαιρετική μετάφραση της Σοφίας Γρηγορίου。

Moisés Guzmán ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Moby Dick: "Era mayor que el más grande de los cachalotes y tan blanca como la nieve， sobre todo cuando se le avistaba deslizándose a mediodía a través del mar oscuro， dejando una estela como la Vía Láctea， hecha de espuma cremosa"。 Estos eran sus rasgos más característicos del «yo» de Moby Dick。Así pues finalmente el Viejo Trueno que perturbado por su pasado no pudo evitar su único y fatal destino。 «La muerte»。Digamos que su «yo» se transfiguró en «su sombra»。🐳 Moby Dick: "Era mayor que el más grande de los cachalotes y tan blanca como la nieve， sobre todo cuando se le avistaba deslizándose a mediodía a través del mar oscuro， dejando una estela como la Vía Láctea， hecha de espuma cremosa"。 Estos eran sus rasgos más característicos del «yo» de Moby Dick。Así pues finalmente el Viejo Trueno que perturbado por su pasado no pudo evitar su único y fatal destino。 «La muerte»。Digamos que su «yo» se transfiguró en «su sombra»。🐳 。。。more

Arrianne ，

I have mixed feelings about this — it’s a classic and often listed as people’s favourite book， and I can see why they like it BUT （a very big but） I think it could have been half to a third the length and been a better book。 It has no idea what it is - a flawed natural history book on whales？ a how-to guide for the wannabe whale hunter？ an explainer on to build a whaling ship with no diagrams？ or some moral story told in the form of the conflict between a whale we actually meet in the last 10% o I have mixed feelings about this — it’s a classic and often listed as people’s favourite book， and I can see why they like it BUT （a very big but） I think it could have been half to a third the length and been a better book。 It has no idea what it is - a flawed natural history book on whales？ a how-to guide for the wannabe whale hunter？ an explainer on to build a whaling ship with no diagrams？ or some moral story told in the form of the conflict between a whale we actually meet in the last 10% of the book and an obsessed guy it tried to eat？Who knows。 It’s certainly of its time when it comes to racial attitudes and there’s a lot of use of ‘savages’ and so on。It’s not that I didn’t find the whale facts interesting， and the action when it happened was good and gripping， but it was all incredibly dense and not cohesive and could have done with really any editing at all。It says a lot that I was absolutely desperate to finish it so I didn’t have to read it anymore。 。。。more

Sven Fesser ，

Ich habe vor vielen Jahren Moby Dick als Film gesehen， meine Erinnerung beschränkte sich aber auf Ahab jagt weißen Wal。Dieser Roman ist natürlich sehr viel mehr als dieser Plot und in der heutigen Zeit ist vieles darin schwer mit unseren Moralvorstellungen zu vereinbaren。 Angefangen bei klar rassistischen Begrifflichkeiten wie "Negerlein" oder "Rothaut" bis hin zum brutalen Abschlachten von Walen， was hier als Heldentum verehrt wird。Mir ist selbstredend klar， dass das der Erscheinungszeit geschu Ich habe vor vielen Jahren Moby Dick als Film gesehen， meine Erinnerung beschränkte sich aber auf Ahab jagt weißen Wal。Dieser Roman ist natürlich sehr viel mehr als dieser Plot und in der heutigen Zeit ist vieles darin schwer mit unseren Moralvorstellungen zu vereinbaren。 Angefangen bei klar rassistischen Begrifflichkeiten wie "Negerlein" oder "Rothaut" bis hin zum brutalen Abschlachten von Walen， was hier als Heldentum verehrt wird。Mir ist selbstredend klar， dass das der Erscheinungszeit geschuldet ist und dass all das damals Normalität darstellte。 Für den heutigen Leser ist es trotzdem harter Tobak。Trotz alledem gefiel mir der Roman， nachdem ich mich mit oben genannten Dingen arrangiert hatte， besser als ich erwartet hätte。 。。。more

Ankan Bawali ，

Best book so far。。。

Paul ，

Better at 70 than it was at 17。 I'm not sure about Yusef Komunyakaa's notion that it is all about "whiteness，" but the suggestion did get me thinking of parallels between say Ahab and John Brown。 Better at 70 than it was at 17。 I'm not sure about Yusef Komunyakaa's notion that it is all about "whiteness，" but the suggestion did get me thinking of parallels between say Ahab and John Brown。 。。。more

Julia ，

GAYYYY

Kim Williams ，

WHY IS THIS BOOK SO BELOVED？This was literally the worst book I have EVER read。 Well except 50 shades of Gray。 My pandemic hobby was to read “classics” that for some reason I never read as a child or young adult。 I found some good books， but this mess！ Ugh！ If you want to read what feels like the stream of consciousness writings of someone that is dreaming about Cetology and whaling go right ahead。 You will love this book。 If not spare yourself。 You will thank me for it。 I’m baffled that this in WHY IS THIS BOOK SO BELOVED？This was literally the worst book I have EVER read。 Well except 50 shades of Gray。 My pandemic hobby was to read “classics” that for some reason I never read as a child or young adult。 I found some good books， but this mess！ Ugh！ If you want to read what feels like the stream of consciousness writings of someone that is dreaming about Cetology and whaling go right ahead。 You will love this book。 If not spare yourself。 You will thank me for it。 I’m baffled that this in even considered a classic/philosophical must read。 HORRIBLE。 。。。more

David Garrett jr ，

My goal here was to read some of the classics I hadn’t read before when I should have。 This is a hard read。 The language isn’t how we speak now and even tougher as they speak rougher being sailors。 Despite issues getting into it there， I enjoyed the commentary。 Ahab lost his length to this whale。 He has a personal vendetta that consumes him。 It is interesting here that in the end， this whale doesn’t have a memory of this encounter。 There is a lot of scientific and historical whale information th My goal here was to read some of the classics I hadn’t read before when I should have。 This is a hard read。 The language isn’t how we speak now and even tougher as they speak rougher being sailors。 Despite issues getting into it there， I enjoyed the commentary。 Ahab lost his length to this whale。 He has a personal vendetta that consumes him。 It is interesting here that in the end， this whale doesn’t have a memory of this encounter。 There is a lot of scientific and historical whale information that was a bit tedious。 I can see why this is a classic but not for me。 。。。more

Que Orteza ，

This was a beautiful story I loved the story line and the the connection of the characters。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top

Benedikt Johannesson ，

Bókin er allt of löng og margir þekkja hana eflaust í gegnum bíómyndir eða Sígildar sögur， sem voru teiknimyndahefti í gamla daga。 Ég fór oft hratt yfir sögu og sleppti heilu köflunum， en mig grunar að hún komi oft út í styttum útgáfum。 Samt áhrifamikið drama milli manns og dýrs og Melville var fínn rithöfundur。 Bókin hefði haft gott af miskunnarlausum ritstjóra， sem hefði strikað út marga kafla。 Ég man ekki hve margar veiðiferðirnar í lokin eru， fleiri en tíu í endurminningunni。 Mæli óhikað með Bókin er allt of löng og margir þekkja hana eflaust í gegnum bíómyndir eða Sígildar sögur， sem voru teiknimyndahefti í gamla daga。 Ég fór oft hratt yfir sögu og sleppti heilu köflunum， en mig grunar að hún komi oft út í styttum útgáfum。 Samt áhrifamikið drama milli manns og dýrs og Melville var fínn rithöfundur。 Bókin hefði haft gott af miskunnarlausum ritstjóra， sem hefði strikað út marga kafla。 Ég man ekki hve margar veiðiferðirnar í lokin eru， fleiri en tíu í endurminningunni。 Mæli óhikað með því að hraðlesa stóra hluta。 Um 600 bls。 Fjórar stjörnur út á dramað og hvalinn， en hangir þó varla í þeim。 。。。more

D。K。 Powell ，

What an utter waste of time 'Moby Dick' proved to be。There are times when you wonder just the state of publishing was in the 1850s when Melville's 'classic' was written。 I get it that you have an iconic image - crazed sea captain seeking revenge of the monstrous beast which took his leg - but you've surely got to have more to the story than that？In essence， what you have with 'Moby Dick' is a short story - very short if you cut out what is actually the more interesting first part about the narra What an utter waste of time 'Moby Dick' proved to be。There are times when you wonder just the state of publishing was in the 1850s when Melville's 'classic' was written。 I get it that you have an iconic image - crazed sea captain seeking revenge of the monstrous beast which took his leg - but you've surely got to have more to the story than that？In essence， what you have with 'Moby Dick' is a short story - very short if you cut out what is actually the more interesting first part about the narrator， Ishmael， meeting the peculiar Qeequeg and their ensuing friendship。 Despite this build up， it becomes entirely irrelevant to the story and indeed the narrator himself has literally no part to play bar being the one one to survive at the end。 Whereas you have writers like Mary Shelley writing much earlier and recognising they have nothing much more than a long short story， or novella， Melville packs his novel with interminable sections telling us everything we could possibly want to know （and much， much more） about the whale。 Followed by the strangest asides of stories and conversations， the book absolutely smacks of someone who realises they are short of material and needs to find fillers。The book is often praised as 'the first great American novel' and referred to as enigmatic and strange because of a range of literary styles and devices used throughout the 400 odd pages。 While the author clearly has superb grasp of prose in terms of style， I find myself siding with the original American critics who universally panned the novel。 It's absolute tosh。There is， of course， room to be kind to 'classics' because of their enduring influence on culture。 We can forgive ways of writing we no longer consider excellent， subject matters or views we might now consider distasteful and storylines we think， perhaps， lack the punch we prefer。 'Moby Dick' certainly has left us with references - the café chain 'Starbucks's' if nothing else - but the book is one which I'm 100% certain is now talked about rather than actually read。 Indeed， I'm not aware of anyone who has actually read it in my circle of friends。 Slimmed-down child-friendly versions in school libraries， perhaps， but that's it。 Sometimes it is a shame books are more talked about than actually read。 With 'Moby Dick'， it is probably the better way。Possibly the greatest crime is that not only do I not give a single damn about any of the characters， but I found little sympathies for the whales in the story。 Now let me be clear， show me a video of whale hunting， like any video of cruelty to living creatures， and you will have me weeping buckets and feeling wretched inside。 There's nothing about whale hunting which I consider interesting， brave or remotely necessary。 When I picture some of the deaths mentioned in the book （murders， really） I find myself wishing death on all those involved - and， of course， I get my wish in the end。 But I do not find myself moved。 This should be a slam-dunk quite frankly。 I should be balling my eyes out。 It wouldn't even take gushing melodrama - which is ironic because Moby Dick abounds in exactly that。 This is all the more bitter considering that the realism of the writing is absolutely there。 You can tell Melville has lived much of this and knows the sailing life well。 this is no land-lubber's flight of fancy。 The authenticity should make the book utterly gripping; but in this， it fails tragically。In short， I cared for neither man nor beast， found the narrator irrelevant and if I was Melville's editor， I would have slashed half to two thirds of the material and ended up with an eminently more pleasing book， even if not entirely convincing。 Ultimately judgement: Best avoided。 。。。more

Hailong Hao ，

20210223 开始阅读；20210422 读完。按：二月份做完手术在家静养，受疫情期间很多人读名著启发，决定挑战一下有美国第一文学名著之称的 Moby Dick。Moby Dick 全名 Moby Dick or the Whale，中文通常译名为《白鲸记》。选这本书的原因是最近读 Yiyun Li 的小说比较多，非常喜欢，也因此读了一些她的访谈。她说有两本书自己每年都会读一遍，其中一本就是 Moby Dick （另一本是《战争与和平》），勾起了我极大的好奇心。由于本书以冗长乏味著称，因此我决定用 Serial Reader 这个软件，用追连载的方式分段阅读。读到中段，从豆瓣网友那里了解到了一个 Moby Dick 的注释网站 Power Moby Dick，成了阅读时最重要的辅助工具。虽然个人感觉里面有个别注释值得商榷，但如果你也想读完 Moby Dick 英文版，却苦于读不懂其中的典故以及过时的英语用法的话，强烈推荐。全书 135 章，在 Serial Reader 中分为 79 Issues，建议每天读一个 Issue，我有空时会多读一些。从 2 月 23 日读到今天，整整两 20210223 开始阅读；20210422 读完。按：二月份做完手术在家静养，受疫情期间很多人读名著启发，决定挑战一下有美国第一文学名著之称的 Moby Dick。Moby Dick 全名 Moby Dick or the Whale，中文通常译名为《白鲸记》。选这本书的原因是最近读 Yiyun Li 的小说比较多，非常喜欢，也因此读了一些她的访谈。她说有两本书自己每年都会读一遍，其中一本就是 Moby Dick （另一本是《战争与和平》），勾起了我极大的好奇心。由于本书以冗长乏味著称，因此我决定用 Serial Reader 这个软件，用追连载的方式分段阅读。读到中段，从豆瓣网友那里了解到了一个 Moby Dick 的注释网站 Power Moby Dick，成了阅读时最重要的辅助工具。虽然个人感觉里面有个别注释值得商榷，但如果你也想读完 Moby Dick 英文版，却苦于读不懂其中的典故以及过时的英语用法的话，强烈推荐。全书 135 章，在 Serial Reader 中分为 79 Issues，建议每天读一个 Issue，我有空时会多读一些。从 2 月 23 日读到今天，整整两个月，终于算是把这本书读完了，很开心自己没有中断过一天。在阅读过程中，我会把每个 Issue 读完之后的感受即摘录分享在一个 Twitter Thread 中（也是为了督促自己坚持读完）。Yiyun Li 说她回鼓励学生写 Messy Story，那我这个 Thread 也算是一篇 Messy Review 吧。我关于阅读 Moby Dick 的 Twitter Thread以上 Thread 在豆瓣的汇总贴 。。。more

Aime Dollete ，

I really enjoyed reading your book。 I read enthusiastically and understood the story。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top

Mark Kelley ，

It’s a whale of a book。 Sorry for the dad joke， I couldn’t resist。 I was actually surprised how entertaining this book was。 I now know so much more information about the anatomy and hunting of sperm whales than I will ever need。 Melville’s vocabulary had me running to the dictionary numerous times。 Overall， Moby Dick is a good story well told。

Ольга Манойлова ，

Завжди якось оминала цю книгу。 Нічого особливого від неї не чекала。 Та що там може бути аж такого？ Ну， американський романтизм。 Ну， Мелвілл。 Ну， "Мобі Дік"。 І взагалі， я не дуже люблю мариністику。 То якось більше пацаняча тема: пригоди， китолови， одноногі капітани і однорукі боцмани， "свістать всєх навєрх"， "тисяча чєртєй"， опустити "бліц-брамсель"， "задраїть румпєльштільцхен"。。。 Пффф。Але。 Без жодних очікувань чогось надзвичайного взяла її до рук і пропала。 Це були "вау"， "омайгад" і "де вона бу Завжди якось оминала цю книгу。 Нічого особливого від неї не чекала。 Та що там може бути аж такого？ Ну， американський романтизм。 Ну， Мелвілл。 Ну， "Мобі Дік"。 І взагалі， я не дуже люблю мариністику。 То якось більше пацаняча тема: пригоди， китолови， одноногі капітани і однорукі боцмани， "свістать всєх навєрх"， "тисяча чєртєй"， опустити "бліц-брамсель"， "задраїть румпєльштільцхен"。。。 Пффф。Але。 Без жодних очікувань чогось надзвичайного взяла її до рук і пропала。 Це були "вау"， "омайгад" і "де вона була раніше？！"Це був тотальний дахознос і 7-бальний книготрус。Як виявилося， це зовсім не історія про пришелепкуватого моряка Ахава і його полювання на Білого Кита。 І тим більше， не лонгверсія "Старого і моря"， як мені завжди видавалося。 Це глибоко інтелектуальна， сповнена парадоксальності та іронії， рафіновано-поетичного словопису і， я б навіть сказала， постмодерної （в її кращих зразках） естетики одіссея в буремні й незглибимі часопростори людської психології， філософії， історії， політики， релігії， культури і науки。Книга геніальна трохи більше， ніж повністю。 Прикро тільки， що така коротка - всього 640 сторінок。 。。。more

Ernest J Ketcham ，

Loved this book。 I learned more about whales and whaling then I ever imagined possible。

Ashton Ostrander ，

I was really struggling to get into this， but it was such an incredible read once I did。

Lisa Kurz ，

It's hard to explain。 It's oddly compelling。 I kept reading wondering why I wasn't bored。 It's more or less a documentary on whales and whale hunting。 It's the most philosophical whaling documentary ever written。 He devotes an entire chapter to the symbolism of the color white。 I felt like， at times， I was reading a church sermon that was condemning me to hell， but I couldn't help but be along for the ride。 It was hypnotic。 It's hard to explain。 It's oddly compelling。 I kept reading wondering why I wasn't bored。 It's more or less a documentary on whales and whale hunting。 It's the most philosophical whaling documentary ever written。 He devotes an entire chapter to the symbolism of the color white。 I felt like， at times， I was reading a church sermon that was condemning me to hell， but I couldn't help but be along for the ride。 It was hypnotic。 。。。more

emily_fairchild_ ，

Con Moby Dick ho un rapporto che definirei conflittuale。 I primi capitoli hanno catturato la mia attenzione。 Poi quando ho affrontato gli interminabili capitoli in cui l’autore fa la classificazione delle balene， il mio entusiasmo si è spento。 E ciò mi ha condotto a fare una cosa che non è da me: ho messo in pausa questo romanzo e ne ho letto un altro， e poi un altro e poi un altro ancora。 Dunque dopo aver letto quattro o cinque romanzi， ho trovato il coraggio di riprenderlo， ma è stata ugualmen Con Moby Dick ho un rapporto che definirei conflittuale。 I primi capitoli hanno catturato la mia attenzione。 Poi quando ho affrontato gli interminabili capitoli in cui l’autore fa la classificazione delle balene， il mio entusiasmo si è spento。 E ciò mi ha condotto a fare una cosa che non è da me: ho messo in pausa questo romanzo e ne ho letto un altro， e poi un altro e poi un altro ancora。 Dunque dopo aver letto quattro o cinque romanzi， ho trovato il coraggio di riprenderlo， ma è stata ugualmente una tortura。 Solo quando ho terminato questi capitoli， ho potuto nuovamente godere della lettura。 Il finale mi è piaciuto davvero molto。 Non avendo letto la trama infatti non sapevo cosa aspettarmi。 Credo che questo sia uno di quei casi in cui è meglio evitare l’edizione integrale。 Se non fosse stato per quei capitoli alquanto prolissi e noiosi， in cui l’autore affronta questioni nautiche e scientifiche， avrei dato un voto più alto。Voto:⭐️⭐️⭐️，5 。。。more

Eric ，

Wow this had a lot of depth to it。 The story about a young author joining a whaling expedition quickly turns into a metaphor for the extent man is whiling to go to settle a score and prove a point。 Melville does a great job layering great characters， places and imagery along the way。 It's a long read but a great one for the next time you're on a cruise or boat trip ;） Wow this had a lot of depth to it。 The story about a young author joining a whaling expedition quickly turns into a metaphor for the extent man is whiling to go to settle a score and prove a point。 Melville does a great job layering great characters， places and imagery along the way。 It's a long read but a great one for the next time you're on a cruise or boat trip ;） 。。。more

Donald Hutchison ，

I didn't expect 1/3rd story， 2/3rds bad documentary。 A lot of irrelevant things are explained in excruciating detail。 Any questions you could possibly have about the plot， the logistics of boat voyages， the construction of hemp rope， the significance of the color white in various cultures or the inner appearance + family history of various whale museums in the 1800s are all answered with contempt for brevity。At first i found it soul crushingly boring， but after around 60% of the book it really p I didn't expect 1/3rd story， 2/3rds bad documentary。 A lot of irrelevant things are explained in excruciating detail。 Any questions you could possibly have about the plot， the logistics of boat voyages， the construction of hemp rope， the significance of the color white in various cultures or the inner appearance + family history of various whale museums in the 1800s are all answered with contempt for brevity。At first i found it soul crushingly boring， but after around 60% of the book it really pulls together。 The tangents I actually enjoyed were those directly relating to the ship life itself。 The blacksmith， the carpenter and rendering the blubber into oil actually seemed like they were real community members。also: sperm， queer sperm， queer whale"Squeeze！ Squeeze！ Squeeze！ all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me， and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-labourers' hands in it， mistaking their hands for the gentle globules。"“There’s hogsheads of sperm ahead， Mr。 Stubb， and that’s what ye came for。 （Pull my boys！） Sperm， sperm’s the play！” 。。。more

Calvin Isch ，

A masterpiece。 There are several archaic and off-putting elements throughout， but all in all it makes for a grand adventure！

John Dolan ，

There are some philosophical diamonds to be found in 'Mobi-Dick'， but overall the presence of too many digressions （more than anyone should have to read about the technical aspects of whales and whaling）， hit-and-miss descriptive passages， and an odd concatenation of inconsistent styles - along with sometimes-arcane language - for me， made Mobi-Dick hard going。 And in several places， I found myself skimming chunks。 This is only for the hardiest and most determined reader of Classics， IMHO。And， l There are some philosophical diamonds to be found in 'Mobi-Dick'， but overall the presence of too many digressions （more than anyone should have to read about the technical aspects of whales and whaling）， hit-and-miss descriptive passages， and an odd concatenation of inconsistent styles - along with sometimes-arcane language - for me， made Mobi-Dick hard going。 And in several places， I found myself skimming chunks。 This is only for the hardiest and most determined reader of Classics， IMHO。And， like the titular whale， it's big。 。。。more

ZhyDen ，

Kudos to the writer of this book。 You did an amazing job。 Why don't you try to publish your book in NovelStar？ A lot of readers will love your work， judging from the book I just read。 Kudos to the writer of this book。 You did an amazing job。 Why don't you try to publish your book in NovelStar？ A lot of readers will love your work， judging from the book I just read。 。。。more

Parker ，

Wow。。。 you all heard of this one？

Amy ，

Ugg。

Alex ，

A slow but enjoyable read。 If you're looking for a fast paced book， this is definitely not for you， but if you're looking for something slower I would recommend this book。 It's not particularly exciting， but it was still a pleasant read。 I have quite a bit of obscure whaling knowledge now。 A slow but enjoyable read。 If you're looking for a fast paced book， this is definitely not for you， but if you're looking for something slower I would recommend this book。 It's not particularly exciting， but it was still a pleasant read。 I have quite a bit of obscure whaling knowledge now。 。。。more

Angela ，

Well， I did it。 Made it all the way through。 Loved parts。 Man， a movie would be amazing。 But it’s not a novel， it’s the author’s notes before the first draft。

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Moby-Dick

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Moby-Dick&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Moby-Dick&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0