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Nicholas
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Herman just decides to put the best writing in this little two page chapter about the blacksmith who has had like 4 lines so far.
"Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this; but Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored"
— May 17, 2026 06:46PM
"Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this; but Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored"
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Nicholas
is on page 595 of 707
I think Mr Melville only fills this up with info dumping to give the reader a break from his writing because if it were just the story of Ahab and the crew it might be TOO good.
— May 19, 2026 10:23AM
Nicholas
is on page 365 of 707
Perhaps there is some benefit to reading abridged versions of classics...
Just a lot of chapters on whaling terminology and encyclopedia entries. Perhaps beneficial to readers when it came out but I do not need all this non-fiction smack dab in the middle of a compelling story.
— Apr 05, 2026 06:33PM
Just a lot of chapters on whaling terminology and encyclopedia entries. Perhaps beneficial to readers when it came out but I do not need all this non-fiction smack dab in the middle of a compelling story.
Nicholas
is on page 242 of 707
Back to reading this after a break and there was a whole chapter on how humans regard the color white. Not the most exciting return.
— Mar 04, 2026 09:26AM
