Saturday, July 5, 2014

Thou shalt not doubt my plausibility

I love that even in scenes of action & suspense, he doesn't flinch from justifying his artistic liberties in fact. It gives the narrative an oral feel. June 26, 2014 CHAPTER 135 The Chase • Third Day It is a thing not uncommonly happening to the whale-boats in those swarming seas; the sharks at times apparently following them in the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of marching regiments in the east. All Excerpts From Melville, Herman. “Moby-Dick.” Harlequin, 2009. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Available in iBooks Store

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