Moby Dick - Herman Melville PB

by Ramji Lall

Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Classics, World Literature

Paperback

Reviews

[Chandi Kadirgamar]

So this was my big pandemic read - and I was just entirely blown away by this incredible book. It helped that I read it as part of a course offered by the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, which provided a much broader canvas for appreciating what a masterpiece this is. The social commentary, the sheer wealth of knowledge about the world, the characters that leapt off the page - to be unoriginal - this was just the best investment of my time (which is how I often judge books - since time is so limited). I first read this as a freshman in college and realize I was a callow English Lit major at the time not to have registered how truly magnificent this work is. I now follow the Melville Society on Facebook!

[Isabella]

Moby Dick é um clássico publicado originalmente em 1851, e a versão que li foi adaptada por Monteiro Lobato.

A história em si não é ruim, mas a linguagem foi o maior obstáculo para mim. A presença constante de palavras complexas e termos que já não são usados com frequência tornou a leitura cansativa. Muitas vezes precisei reler frases várias vezes e ainda pesquisar significados para conseguir compreender o que estava sendo dito.

Essa dificuldade acabou diminuindo meu interesse e tornando a experiência menos prazerosa do que eu esperava.

[Julii Pastel]

Lo leí cuando era muy chica, una y otra y otra vez.

[Matt Hersh]

A dense and richly symbolic tale of obsession and revenge that offers profound insights into human nature. Many readers find its heavy prose and lengthy digressions on whaling tedious.

[Roni Chittoni]

Epic tale of Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of a great white whale.

[anie]

Leí la versión para niños y estuvo muy entretenida, fan <3

[John Teressi]

I love Moby Dick. Each paragraph is intensely filled with information, metaphors, and drama. It is a book worth reading if only to open a random page and breathe in the substance and sustenance that such powerful words can convey. It will stimulate your mind to delve deeper into your creativity and open a stream of consciousness beyond the everyday world of simple repetition.