I believe you could consume all the words in Moby Dick in 16 hours. But it’s one of those “crammed full of metaphors” books that could easily take a seminar to

I believe you could consume all the words in Moby Dick in 16 hours. But it’s one of those “crammed full of metaphors” books that could easily take a seminar to unpack. I don’t pretend to get it, but smarter people than me write articles on its layers of complexity and interpretation[1]. You can read those masterworks at a superficial level and they’re usually somewhat rewarding. Or you can read Dostoyevsky while deep diving on Russian history and get a notably different experience. But it takes a lot longer. 1: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/the-endless-depths-of-i-moby-dick-i-symbolism/278861/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/th...