Book Menu for Moby-Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville
ISBN of edition I read: 0142000086 (150th anniversary ed, paperback)
I just finished Moby-Dick yesterday. It was my very first time reading it and am very proud of myself for having completed the task. It's been on my to-read list for a while. I never could have tackled this in high school. It is not an easy read but I found it to be beautifully written. Very lyrical. I found the occasional stage directions interesting. One of my favorite lines is "to write a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme"(page 497). Next up for me: 1) a whale watch, 2) a trip to New Bedford, and 3) a trip to Nantucket!
Food mentioned in Moby-Dick :
Pea coffee, 11
Dumplings, 16
Coffee, 35
Hot rolls, 35
Beefsteaks, 34-5
Coconut water, 65
Chowder, clam or cod (Chapter 15)
Grog, 177
Doughnuts, 326
Foie-gras, 327
Cogniac, 351
Bordeaux wine, 445
Hot rum toddies, 480
List of ship's food/drink, 486-7
Books/Authors mentioned in Moby-Dick: (a selection)
William Scoresby, 145-6, 290, 292
The Northern Whale-fishery (and many others)
Thomas Beale, 146
The Natural History of the Sperm Whale...
Frederick Debell Bennett, 146
Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe...
J. Ross Browne, 290
Etchings of a Whaling Cruise
James Colnett, 290
A Voyage for Whaling and Discovery...
Bernard Germain, 287
The Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales
William Shakespeare, 379
Blaise Pascal, 465
Jean Jacques Rousseau, 465
Francois Rabelais, 465
