4 ms·

If you're looking to read Melville without tackling the lengthy Moby-Dick, I highly recommend the short story Benito Cereno: http://www.esp.org/books/melville/

• cproctor 8y ago
  Agreed! Though it's still about 80 pages. If you want to experience Moby Dick but don't feel like a strong reader or haven't found a way to enjoy this kind of literature, I'd recommend the audiobook while you're driving or doing something else for extended periods. The language is meant to wash over you and feel overwhelming.
• jhbadger 8y ago
  And there's always the great short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener", perhaps the first commentary on the meaninglessness of office life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener
  • oh_sigh 8y ago
    I would prefer not to.
    • freeloop10 8y ago
      ok
  • cjarrett 8y ago
    One could also derive interesting parallels to modern times with his 'Confidence-Man' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man
• Gargoyle 8y ago
  In the very early Twitter days, writer Jay Bushman did a sci-fi adaptation of Benito Cereno, tweet by tweet. It was the first I encountered that storytelling format, and Jay has gone on to other successes in digital media writing since... I met him at a BarCamp in Los Angeles, that's how I started following the account. I miss BarCamp. Anyway, The Good Captain. http://jaybushman.com/The-Good-Captain http://jaybushman.com/The-Good-Captain