Dec 26, 2009

Moby Dick | What Do I Read Next?

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities (1852), the novel which followed Moby-Dick, is an interesting and bitter novel. Many of the character Pierre’s own speculations, and Melville’s narrative comments, illuminate the themes in the whaling book.
Billy Budd, the novella completed at the end of Melville’s life but not published until 1924, presents an interesting contrast in tone, compared with the earlier novel.