L2L Moby Dick (pt. II)

Moby Dick; or, The Whale (pt. II)

Herman Melville

For bursts of glistening creative prose, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick has very few equals. This week, Leigh, P. T., and Dr. C continue “reading allowed” from this Great American Novel — from the burgeoning friendship between Ishmael and Queequeg to their hiring on with the Pequod — and try to interpret these passages within the context of the story.