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![Moby Dick]() Moby Dick (1998)
IMDB rating: 6.50
Plot: Herman Melville’s classic 1851 sea tale about the vengeful sea Captain Ahab who seeks to kill the great white whale who took his leg and is willing to forego the safety and endurance of his crew to do it. The tale is told from the vantage of the only surviving member, Ishmael, a young man who joins the crew of the Pequod for his first seafaring with the aid of his harpoonist friend, Queequeeg.
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Directors: Roddam Franc
Actors: Thomas Henry,Spence Bruce,Keays-Byrne Hugh,Cuming Robin,Connor Shane,Stewart Patrick,Waretini Piripi,Purcell Dominic,Yemm Norman,Jackson Michael,Owens Warren,Golden II Norman D.,Hopkins Harold,Lee John,Adventure,Drama,
How did you get through the complete unabridged Moby Dick?
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Did you have to read it, or did you like it, or was it tiresome or what? It is
time for me to read another adventure classic.
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I did have to read it as a part of a uni course and only had a very short time to do it. Basically I used a speed read technique, that you skim through, pausing for what feel like important bits. This way it took me an afternoon of hard concentrated reading. I did enjoy parts of it very much but it does belong to the pre-cinema/pre-radio/pre-television era of writing where things were unhurried in pace both to write and to read, and so is harder for a modern reader to get through because of our "Now" culture.
I also learned a massive amount of "facts" about whales and whaling that are certainly now false!
Vivienne T | Jan 25, 2010
This is what I did:
I knew this girl that lived on my floor. She got pretty good grades, and she was attractive (sort of), and shy. I paid some attention to her, told her I liked her, and I got her to read me the book. (She also wrote my paper, but that’s another story - and I don’t recommend having someone do this for you - I did get an "A" though)
Anyway, I would read a little here and there, but mostly I just had her read it to me at night. When I got bored I would fool around a bit.
I’m a male model now, and I’m saying that because I’m extremely good looking so this plan will work for you if you’re hot. If you’re not, you may have to find some less attractive person to try this out on.
The Truth | Jan 22, 2010
I got the unabridged audio book from the library.
Jerry H | Jan 22, 2010
i have read some charles dickens. i know it isnt quite the same but they were really long. i just kept pushing through. behind all the descriptions that were pages long and all the weird words that i didnt understand, i just kept pushing through. i fininshed a 800 page book in two weeks. so i guess my advice would be to keep going forward if you really wanted to read it. because when you look back on it it will make you happy that you finished such a long and famous classic. if you dont want to read it then i would suggest that you dont. reading a book you dont want to is frusterating and really hard to get into. i wanted to read those charles dickens and in the end i was very happy i did, but i have went back and tried to read another one and i couldnt do it.
bookworm21 | Jan 22, 2010
I couldn’t read it.
good luck.
summer bear | Jan 22, 2010
This was the only assigned reading in college that I did not complete. I found its pace glacial.
I read an abridged version, found a classic comic of it, pored over the Cliff Notes, saw the movie, and passed the course with a high B. Good enough.
akaMaryn | Jan 22, 2010
If you’re having a hard time getting into it, try this: Get the unabridged audiobook version, and read the book as you follow along with the tape. This will help you with that most difficult but all-important step of actually getting started on the book. If you’re anything like me, you’ll eventually find yourself getting into the story, and eventually your own reading speed will so outpace the tape that you’ll turn it off as a distraction. I find this also works well for reading Shakespeare.
lightshow32 | Jan 22, 2010