Monday, August 01, 2016

Setting sail on the Pequod …

… or not: Solitary Praxis: Herman Melville: to read or not to read.



It is a great book, but, as Somerset Maugham noted, the canny reader will know when to skip ahead.
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1 comment:

  1. cguerin11:23 AM

    I enjoyed every page, even the skippable ones, but unless someone publishes a much abridged edition, once was enough!

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