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GoneOffShore

(17,987 posts) Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:09 AM 3 hrs ago

Call me Ishmael. - Tilda Swinton reading the first chapter of Moby Dick

Absolutely wonderful.
I attempted to read Moby Dick when I was much younger, but was too young and impatient to appreciate it. Swinton's reading has inspired me to go back to it.
Enjoy -

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Call me Ishmael. - Tilda Swinton reading the first chapter of Moby Dick (Original Post) GoneOffShore 3 hrs ago OP

My dh has read it a couple of times. mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #1

The first chapter, read aloud, is amazingly poetic. GoneOffShore 1 hr ago #2

mwmisses4289

(3,328 posts)

1. My dh has read it a couple of times.

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:31 AM

2 hrs ago

He said just read the first two or three chapters, and the last two or three chapters, and call it a day.
I couldn't read it- to me, it was incredibly boring.

GoneOffShore

(17,987 posts)

2. The first chapter, read aloud, is amazingly poetic.

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:50 AM

1 hr ago

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