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Oh god I tried to read Moby Dick once but it was so BORING! I hadn't even a clue what was going on. Left it after about 100 pages. So tedious. And not a whale in sight!
![]() Your comment though reminds me of something my brother used to say disparagingly about Americans: "You don't understand? What's wrong boy: don't you speak American?" ![]()
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I'll take Moby Dick any day over the complete snorefests that are "The Great Gatsby" or "The Scarlett Letter". Joyce's "Ulysses" or Lowry's "Under the Volcano" are much more challenging novels than "Moby Dick" when all is said and done. Last edited by SGR; 01-24-2023 at 07:56 PM. |
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Well for me as I already said Moby Dick was incredibly boring. I wanted to read it but it was too much of a slog. I was totally lost. Mind you, I later saw a TV version and I was kind of glad I didn't; there's some serious ****ing cruelty to whales in that book. I'm not disparaging him, just as I wouldn't disparage any other writer I couldn't get into, but he ain't for me.
And now the thread becomes a discussion on literature. The magic of the internet at work.
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Edit: Per Fitzgerald, I'm not criticizing him as a writer, just that one novel, I've never read any of his other works to be clear. Quote:
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I liked the sun also rises
The protagonist was hilarious... just a hopeless cuck with ambigously mutilated genitals from the war who is following some boyish british broad around while she gets railed by bull fighters. I'll take that over some old cuban c*nt trying to catch a big fish any day. But I agree with TH about Moby Dick. Last edited by jwb; 01-24-2023 at 09:56 PM. |
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12 year old single malt scotch?
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![]() "Druthers! I say man, bring forth that novel from the chap who writes about whales. By golly, I think I'll give it another go, dont'cha know!" "Moby Dick, sir?" "No, Druthers: it's a family problem, and I've asked you not to draw attention to it!"
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