Elizabeth Roberts

Is anyone very familiar with this book or have a copy
handy they can skim through for me?

I am participating in a reading of Moby Dick on
Saturday with a local group I got involved with on the
4th of July when they held a reading of the
Declaration of Independence.

I'll be reading from Chapter 28 (according to the
printout I was given) where Ahab is introduced. I'm
just not sure what tone to take with it. I can't get
to the library until Friday to check out a copy, not a
big deal since I'm a fast reader...I was just
wondering if anyone else might be able to help.

Elizabeth




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Moby Dick is considered an American masterpiece as you probably already know and it deals with the, in this case, very masculine theme of Man against Nature. Some women, myself included find it difficult to get into. I've tried to read Moby Dick several times in my life, but it is so dense, and it didn't hold my interest. My husband loves Moby Dick. I'd like to try again, especially since reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. This book was lush and wonderful and really captured the period for me. If you like historical fiction, I'd highly recommend it. Told from the perspective of Ahab's wife, both before she meets him and after the events told of in Moby Dick, it held me captivated from beginning to end. The main character tells her own story and she interested me very much! Anyway, I just wanted to share that, in case others are like me and have a hard time relating to Moby Dick. Not that I only recommend Ahab's Wife as a jumping of place for reading Moby Dick. In fact, it can stand completely alone, and very well. It's just that reading Ahab's Wife has re-inspired me to tackle Moby Dick and see if it grabs me more now that I have some interesting relational history.

Have fun!
~Andrea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Roberts" <ladyeliza_r@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:59 AM
Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Moby Dick


> Is anyone very familiar with this book or have a copy
> handy they can skim through for me?
>
> I am participating in a reading of Moby Dick on
> Saturday with a local group I got involved with on the
> 4th of July when they held a reading of the
> Declaration of Independence.
>
> I'll be reading from Chapter 28 (according to the
> printout I was given) where Ahab is introduced. I'm
> just not sure what tone to take with it. I can't get
> to the library until Friday to check out a copy, not a
> big deal since I'm a fast reader...I was just
> wondering if anyone else might be able to help.
>
> Elizabeth
>
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Elizabeth Roberts

I read it a long time ago, and I had no problem
"getting into it" but like I said it was forever ago.

I haven't read "Ahab's Wife" yet, but it sounds like
an interesting take on the story!

Elizabeth

--- Andrea Burlingame <aburlingame@...>
wrote:
> Moby Dick is considered an American masterpiece as
> you probably already know and it deals with the, in
> this case, very masculine theme of Man against
> Nature. Some women, myself included find it
> difficult to get into. I've tried to read Moby Dick
> several times in my life, but it is so dense, and it
> didn't hold my interest. My husband loves Moby
> Dick. I'd like to try again, especially since
> reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. This
> book was lush and wonderful and really captured the
> period for me. If you like historical fiction, I'd
> highly recommend it. Told from the perspective of
> Ahab's wife, both before she meets him and after the
> events told of in Moby Dick, it held me captivated
> from beginning to end. The main character tells her
> own story and she interested me very much! Anyway,
> I just wanted to share that, in case others are like
> me and have a hard time relating to Moby Dick. Not
> that I only recommend Ahab's Wife as a jumping of
> place for reading Moby Dick. In fact, it can stand
> completely alone, and very well. It's just that
> reading Ahab's Wife has re-inspired me to tackle
> Moby Dick and see if it grabs me more now that I
> have some interesting relational history.
>
> Have fun!
> ~Andrea
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Roberts" <ladyeliza_r@...>
> To: <unschoolingdiscussion@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:59 AM
> Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Moby Dick
>
>
> > Is anyone very familiar with this book or have a
> copy
> > handy they can skim through for me?
> >
> > I am participating in a reading of Moby Dick on
> > Saturday with a local group I got involved with on
> the
> > 4th of July when they held a reading of the
> > Declaration of Independence.
> >
> > I'll be reading from Chapter 28 (according to the
> > printout I was given) where Ahab is introduced.
> I'm
> > just not sure what tone to take with it. I can't
> get
> > to the library until Friday to check out a copy,
> not a
> > big deal since I'm a fast reader...I was just
> > wondering if anyone else might be able to help.
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
> >
> >
> >
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In a message dated 7/28/2004 12:41:43 PM Central Standard Time,
aburlingame@... writes:

I'd like to try again, especially since reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter
Naslund. This book was lush and wonderful and really captured the period for
me. If you like historical fiction, I'd highly recommend it. Told from the
perspective of Ahab's wife, both before she meets him and after the events
told of in Moby Dick, it held me captivated from beginning to end.


~~~

Me, too! One of those books when I walked around "in character" in my head
for days after reading it.

Karen


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Mark Shields

I have to second this. Ahab's Wife is amazing! I just read it for the
second time. There are so many wonderful connections to history. I read
Moby Dick in high school and don't remember much except the endless search
for the white whale. I am dying to go to Nantucket now and see the places
mentioned. We go to Cape Cod every summer and I've been trying to fit in a
Nantucket trip each year but it hasn't worked for one reason or another. I
hope it will happen next summer. Another good read in this vein is In the
Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nat Philbrick. I
read this at the same time as my first read of Ahab's Wife. It is the true
story of The Essex which was the story that inspired Moby Dick. The books
really complimented each other.

Happy Reading!
Kristin


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Burlingame [SMTP:aburlingame@...]

Moby Dick is considered an American masterpiece as you probably already
know and it deals with the, in this case, very masculine theme of Man
against Nature. Some women, myself included find it difficult to get into.
I've tried to read Moby Dick several times in my life, but it is so dense,
and it didn't hold my interest. My husband loves Moby Dick. I'd like to
try again, especially since reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund.
This book was lush and wonderful and really captured the period for me.
If you like historical fiction, I'd highly recommend it. Told from the
perspective of Ahab's wife, both before she meets him and after the events
told of in Moby Dick, it held me captivated from beginning to end. The
main character tells her own story and she interested me very much!
Anyway, I just wanted to share that, in case others are like me and have a
hard time relating to Moby Dick. Not that I only recommend Ahab's Wife as
a jumping of place for reading Moby Dick. In fact, it can stand completely
alone, and very well. It's just that reading Ahab's Wife has re-inspired
me to tackle Moby Dick and see if it grabs me more now that I have some
interesting relational history.

[email protected]

In a message dated 7/28/2004 1:41:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
aburlingame@... writes:
>>>I'd like to try again, especially since reading Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter
Naslund. This book was lush and wonderful and really captured the period for
me. If you like historical fiction, I'd highly recommend it. Told from the
perspective of Ahab's wife, both before she meets him and after the events told
of in Moby Dick, it held me captivated from beginning to end. The main
character tells her own story and she interested me very much! <<<
*****************************
I was just at the Dentist Office yesterday and ran into our portfolio
evaluator, and she was reading this book (for the second time!) She absolutely LOVES
it and said when she's done with it she'll pass it on to me.

Nancy B.


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In a message dated 7/28/2004 6:19:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tuckervill2@... writes:
>>Me, too! One of those books when I walked around "in character" in my
head
for days after reading it.

Karen<<
***********************
Oooh...I thought I was the only one who did this! Isn't it wierd? It's like
you're stuck in the story for days. Happened to me big time after reading
Cold Mountain, and again after seeing the movie. ((((chills))))

Nancy B.


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Andrea Burlingame

I do this too...sometimes even talking to my children with an accent or
using unusual phrasing, depending on what I read. I don't mean to. It just
comes out, and sometimes they stop and look at me funny. Stella will
actually ask me why I'm talking "like that." hehe

~Andrea
----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Moby Dick


> In a message dated 7/28/2004 6:19:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tuckervill2@... writes:
> >>Me, too! One of those books when I walked around "in character" in my
> head
> for days after reading it.
>
> Karen<<
> ***********************
> Oooh...I thought I was the only one who did this! Isn't it wierd? It's
like
> you're stuck in the story for days. Happened to me big time after reading
> Cold Mountain, and again after seeing the movie. ((((chills))))
>
> Nancy B.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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