/lit/ - Literature

>literally resembles GIGACHAD

I'm a fan of Gothic fiction and stories that get deep into the head of a psychologically unstable person; so, will I enjoy Pierre; or, the Ambiguities? I recently finished Moby-Dick, and I'm considering checking out Pierre since, of Melville's novels, this one seems the closest aligned to my tastes. Also, I was wondering; are any of Melville's other lesser-known works checking out?

TIL my boy Herman Melville was only 32 when he published Moby Dick. What the fuck am I doing with my life?

>Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest. That head upon which the upper sun now gleams, has moved amid this world’s foundations. Where unrecorded names and navies rust, and untold hopes and anchors rot; where in her murderous hold this frigate earth is ballasted with bones of millions of the drowned; there, in that awful water-land, there was thy most familiar home. Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor’s side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives to lay them down. Thou saw’st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them. Thou saw’st the murdered mate when tossed by pirates from the midnight deck; for hours he fell into the deeper midnight of the insatiate maw; and his murderers still sailed on unharmed- while swift lightnings shivered the neighboring ship that would have borne a righteous husband to outstretched, longing arms.

How did he do it?

Yes, yes Goethe, very well done, however...

So we all know moby dick is great but what do you guys think about his other novels?

He's my favourite author, but probably.

I would like to read Moby-Dick but I think I should first read some of Melville's other works to become a bit acquainted with his prose style before I tackle his 500+ page magnum opus. So where do I start? Billy Budd? The Piazza Tales? The Confidence-Man?

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*blocks your path*
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Based.

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I want to hug Melville and tell him he's great