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by quercusa 208 days ago
Moby-Dick really is a great book. If you want a dolphin-sized taste of Melville, try Billy Budd.
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InitialLastName 207 days ago
For a salmon-sized taste, Bartleby the Scrivener. Great annotated version here: https://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2015/10/herma...
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billfruit 206 days ago
Both Billy Bud and Bartleby are very focused on the human drama. If you are more interested in the sea rather, I'd suggest Typee and its follow up Omoo.
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jamiek88 207 days ago
Wait? That was the moby dick guy?! Loved that Bartley story.
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