Re: Moby Dick Chapter 5 Breakfast of Champions
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:02 pm
Yes, the writing is great. But why do I feel a certain lassitude on contemplating reading Moby Dick? Is what Samuel Johnson said of Paradise Lost also true of MD: "Nobody has wished it longer?"Saffron wrote:The writing is wonderful, some of the best!Chris27 wrote:I've been keeping up chapter by chapter , enjoying the reading but having nothing to say (except that I keep wanting to say:Wow what wonderful writing! How does he do that? ).
So I'm glad others are struggling too!
