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Mike Boody's avatar

Awesome! I might just read this along with you. I used to love teaching "Bartleby" to high school students, though I'd have to do it late in the year because they'd adopt the popular refrain "I'd prefer not to" when it came to doing anything. 'Got old pretty quick.

I didn't read "Moby Dick" until a couple of years ago, but mannnnnn.... I don't know how you can discuss, or, really, read any American Literature until you've read at least a little bit of that book. I just love the idea of Melville taking EVERYTHING that he knows about the world -- all he's gathered -- and putting it into one volume with some kind of loose narrative thread. It was an amazing experience reading that one.

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Adam's avatar

Moby Dick is my favorite book and I've read it cover to cover several times. However, for some odd reason, I couldn't finish Billy Budd. Maybe I should give it a good college try once more...

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