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Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Kindle Edition

by Herman Melville (Author)

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File Size: 855 KB
Print Length: 556 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1456529463
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: March 24, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004TRXX7C
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
- #7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Classics > Literary

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60 of 62 people found the following review helpful

A bizarre book, but with such wonderful language and imagery

By Audiobook Bandit on November 15, 2011

Format: Kindle Edition

To say that Moby Dick is long, rambling, and weird, would be to understate the case. Many - perhaps most - of its 135 chapters are entirely extraneous to the plot. There are long unnecessary discourses on obscure whaling practices. Minor characters are introduced at length...and then promptly forgotten. Even the main character - the narrator - fades into obscurity as the book shifts from a first-person narrative to a more omniscient perspective. Apparently, more than one contemporary reviewer of Melville thought that the author had literally gone insane while writing the book...and perhaps he did.

But it's all really wonderful! Here's what I like about it: Often-brilliant prose with beautiful words, amazing extended metaphors, and vivid imagery. That's it in a nutshell. Even chapters that have nothing to do with the plot are fun to read when they're written well.

We live in a modern society that is often depressingly impatient. I think it's too bad that modern readers want their books to get started, move quickly, get to the point, and be done with it already! It's weird, isn't it? We read books because we (hopefully) want to read them; they provide an interesting diversion. Why, then, are we impatient for them to be over? Why not enjoy each chapter of Moby Dick for its own sake? Weird, rambling, but brilliant, they are enjoyable, if you suspend the need for instant gratification. I think it helps that I have a two hour commute in the car every day, and listened to this as an audiobook.

Oh, one other interesting side-note: The book has remarkable thoughts / insights / scientific questions about whales. One fascinating thing to think about is the visual system of whales. Whales have two eyes on either side of their enormous, massive heads.Read more ›

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

Man I was stupid in High School...

By mike996 on October 26, 2011

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Well, not really stupid but i just didn't have whatever it took to appreciate this novel. I tried to slog through it back then and I don't even recall if I actually made it; I certainly didn't remember any of it. But I just read it again for what felt like the first time and wow...

This book has more passages worth quoting on a variety of subjects than anything I have ever read. It's a wonderful story about whaling and about human nature. It brings alive an extremely important part of American history and the spirit that made this country what it is. I used to be amused that it was considered a "great American Novel." I thought a great novel was something like "Coma" or "Timeline." : ButI suspect that for other than the really intelligent and perceptive (of which I certainly was not as a youngster) the scope and feeling of this book may not be apparent until one has quite a few years under his/her belt.

An absolutely glorious work.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

A warning for fellow readers

By Jonasz on August 20, 2013

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I was disappointed to discover that a paragraph was missing in this version of the book. The omission that I found was rather obvious to notice. Nevertheless it strongly undermined my trust to this version of the book and further reading would not be fun anymore, as I would be constantly wondering if there are more errors. (Take into account that the book is written in a sophisticated, hard English. (at least for a non-native speaker))

There are very few annotations. I feel it is a strong drawback, because this book has tremendous number of references to art and history. Annotations that were OCRed are inlined in the text. A reader has to guess where the annotation ends and another paragraph begins.

Moreover, be aware that this version is inconsistent in using fonts (i.e. the chapter when the sailors talk on the forecastle). The chapters (and there are 135 of them) lack names in the table of contents, which is a very poor feature. Unless you are able to memoize which chapter has what number, it is a clumsy endeavor to navigate to a chapter that you've already read and want to recall.

Moby Dick is a marvelous book. It would be a shame if someone got discouraged from reading it due to poor version of the ebook. Therefore I STRONGLY RECOMMEND acquiring another version of the book. I bought the $3 version with annotations and was pleased with its quality.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

Speak not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me

By Amazon Customer on December 10, 2013

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The white whale tasks me; he heaps me. Yet he is but a mask. 'Tis the thing behind the mask I chiefly hate; the malignant thing that has plagued mankind since time began; the thing that maws and mutilates our race, not killing us outright but letting us live on, with half a heart and half a lung. We all have so much in common with Captain Ahab, be it hate, fear, loathing or losses. Great book, classic which due to the old English is not read enough.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Meet the magnificent white whale and improve your vocab in the process.

By Katya W. Mills on December 4, 2013

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Melville really captures life on the Northeast Atlantic seaboard, rugged and raw. The writing is clear and though the plot is not always driving forward on every page, such is the allowance for great writers anywhere. The characters are fascinating. I doubt I would have continued reading, if it weren't for Melvilles gift of characterization. Not unlike Charles Dickens, in his ability to draw up such a clear image in your mind. Television will never paint a picture so clear! One thing that is nice about reading this on a kindle was the ability to look up words. Melvilles vocabulary is huge and I found an interesting word I did not know, every few pages or less. And in between the lines, you can find a wonderful love of life and sense of humor. Man against the elements. Let Melville take you into his world for a while, and meet the magnificent white whale. You won't regret it.

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Three times over a winner

Beautiful prose. My third reading over 50 years...each on one special yet different!

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One Star

Silly fishing story.

Published 2 days ago by Mapper Jim

Eh....

Not the best book. Too much going on about whales classifications, whale anatomy, things that have no place in a tale. Just my opinion.

Published 2 days ago by Francis Lundy

One of the finest books in literature.

Melville takes one on a journey to the inner meaning of life and the occupational dysfunctions of how 'ego' will destroy us in the end of the search if we give in to our inner... Read more

Published 2 days ago by Earthian

classic

Classic, duh

Published 4 days ago by Peggy Rounds

It is a fantastic read - savor the prose

I had avoided this book far too long. It is a fantastic read - savor the prose!

Published 4 days ago by Linda Langford

Easily a candidate for the greatest American novel

Easily a candidate for the greatest American novel. Combination adventure tale, religious/philosophical exploration, travelogue and whaling
encyclopedia, it echoes with the... Read more

Published 5 days ago by Ralph D. Nance

What hasn't already been said?

One funny, monumental work, maybe the best American novel. If you haven't read it, but think you know what this novel is about, you're mistaken.

Published 6 days ago by P. Evans

The True Classic

This is my favorite book. I return to it every year whether to read cover-to-cover or simply to study the vast wealth of dialogue that is Melville's Captain Ahab. Read more

Published 9 days ago by Mitchell Baker

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This is my third time reading. I am still reading, hard times for reading. It's expression and scenery imagination always give me happy feeling. Read more

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