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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Do you guys love all of Moby Dick - including the weird chapters?
I can see how there is a decent story in there (underneath all the blubber  ); but I've always had a theory that MD fans skip the boring bits - am I wrong? Or do you enjoy the discursive passages?  |
What weird chapters? Oh, the stuff on whiteness, the history of whaling, leviathans in the Bible, etc.? I think they are part of what elevates/demarcates this novel from being just a ripping good sea tale.