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A review by joeytitmouse
Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville
3.0
I found this copy as "Maby Dick (The story of white whale)"
A Chinese-English edition that is much, much more abridged than I thought, made for Chinese learners of English to be able to understand the content. I haven't even attempted the Chinese though I'm certain in those 78 pages contain the entire original book plus commentary.
Anyway . Felt rushed in the abridged version. Ahab, just, take a breath. Like, just, it's okay man. And Ishmael and Queequeg are totally, well literally bedfellows.
If you like comprehensive, 19th century depictions of whale harpooning and at-sea oil extraction, this is for you.
Oh, and I think any extreme thematic lessons were probably abridged out. This thing is the size of a magazine.
A Chinese-English edition that is much, much more abridged than I thought, made for Chinese learners of English to be able to understand the content. I haven't even attempted the Chinese though I'm certain in those 78 pages contain the entire original book plus commentary.
Anyway . Felt rushed in the abridged version. Ahab, just, take a breath. Like, just, it's okay man. And Ishmael and Queequeg are totally, well literally bedfellows.
If you like comprehensive, 19th century depictions of whale harpooning and at-sea oil extraction, this is for you.
Oh, and I think any extreme thematic lessons were probably abridged out. This thing is the size of a magazine.