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Anonymous Thu Oct 17 01:47:26 2019 No.14006898 [Reply] [Original]

Just finished. Absolutely unbelievable. Loved every word.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 02:32:17 2019 No.14006982 could I read this book if i'm not American and English is my second language?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 02:39:04 2019 No.14006993 >>14006982 might be a bit hard but read it anyway, it's by far my favorite novel in English. Would be great practice anyway

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 02:47:54 2019 No.14007015 >>14006898 based GOAT book

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 06:22:51 2019 No.14007457 >>14006898 I've read the first 10 chapters. It's not grabbing me so far. Should it have done so by now?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 06:25:56 2019 No.14007464 >>14007015 it's a whale you retard

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 06:26:15 2019 No.14007466 >>14007457 Just read it for the prose. The story and structure is shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 06:36:09 2019 No.14007492 >>14007464 fucking based, based retard

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 09:01:38 2019 No.14007867 >>14007464 Kek'd more than I should have

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>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 09:19:02 2019 No.14007929 >>14006982 >if I’m not American Bongs love it just as much as yanks >esl You could struggle a little more but I’d say give it a go, you just might need to read some passages a few times, it’s worth it too

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 09:33:34 2019 No.14007976 >>14006898 Boring Bible shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 09:36:58 2019 No.14007987 >>14006898 >There is no folly of the beasts of the earth that is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men. Melville was of undeniable genius.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 09:47:46 2019 No.14008022 >>14007457 The first 100 pages are definitely the most narratively driven (and most enjoyable to most people). If you aren't enjoying it now you probably won't, unless you are a big fan of encyclopedic prose geniuses like Burton, Browne and montaigne.

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>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 10:36:45 2019 No.14008216 >>14007976 Kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 10:53:45 2019 No.14008281 File: 33 KB, 709x320, 1547012986933.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14007466

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 11:19:36 2019 No.14008372 Some anon shared this lecture in another Moby Dick thread. I listened to it and it was excellent, sharing it again to pass it along. https://youtu.be/eq5LDSZDr2E

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 14:57:26 2019 No.14009301 >>14006982 Probably not, it's almost 200 years old

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 15:02:56 2019 No.14009331 >>14006898 >loved every word I had an idea for a postmodern novel that's just a rearrangement of all the words in Moby Dick, but it has its own plot and doesn’t lose coherency.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 15:11:55 2019 No.14009377 >>14009331 That would be pretty interesting. I'd like to see how you end up using the word sperm 100+ times

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 15:13:54 2019 No.14009391 >>14009377 Could be about a crime scene detective or clean up crew

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 17 15:14:43 2019 No.14009394 >>14009331 based. any idea how you'd tackle the whale manual sections?