{"id":780,"date":"2011-10-26T03:34:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T08:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2017-04-23T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T15:26:24","slug":"why-read-moby-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/why-read-moby-dick\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Read Moby-Dick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0670022993\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=litquotes-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0670022993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-781\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Why Read Moby Dick?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MobyDick.jpg\" alt=\"Why Read Moby Dick\" width=\"108\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>I adore <em>Moby Dick<\/em> by Herman Melville.\u00a0 This site&#8217;s quotation collection reflects that.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Moby%20Dick\">Click here to see quotes from\u00a0<em>Moby Dick<\/em><\/a>.)\u00a0 However my appreciation for the novel is nothing compared to that of Nathaniel Philbrick&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Philbrick&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0670022993\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=litquotes-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0670022993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Read Moby-Dick?<\/a> helps us understand the time period of the book&#8217;s creation as well as showing us how it relates to our lives today.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Philbrick skillfully navigates Melville&#8217;s world and illuminates the book&#8217;s humor and unforgettable characters-finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. A perfect match between author and subject, <em>Why Read Moby-Dick?<\/em> gives us a renewed appreciation of both Melville and the proud seaman&#8217;s town of Nantucket that Philbrick himself calls home. Like Alain de Botton&#8217;s <em>How Proust Can Change Your Life,<\/em> this remarkable little book will start conversations, inspire arguments, and, best of all, bring a new wave of readers to a classic tale waiting to be discovered anew.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I adore Moby Dick by Herman Melville.\u00a0 This site&#8217;s quotation collection reflects that.\u00a0 (Click here to see quotes from\u00a0Moby Dick.)\u00a0 However my appreciation for the novel is nothing compared to that of Nathaniel Philbrick&#8217;s. 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