Publisher's Synopsis
<i>Moby-Dick</i> is regularly hailed as one of the greatest works of American literature. But suppose Ishmael had instead shared his tale in tweets? <i>#Moby Dick; Or, The Whale</i> hilariously reimagines Herman Melville’s classic whaling novel in just two hundred tweets, each 280 characters or less. <br>Ishmael here! I went broke in NYC. ?? Super bored with land (damp drizzly soul). I’m going to sea! #callme #whalingvoyage<br><br>In this witty abridgment, mad captain Ahab’s quest for vengeance upon a white whale is retold with Internet acronyms. The plight of the <i>Pequod</i> and its motley crew is punctuated by the occasional emoji. And Ishmael ponders whaling and humanity with Twitter hashtags.<br><br>Including an appendix that presents the original passages upon which each tweet is derived, <i>#Moby-Dick</i> offers modern readers an entertaining and accessible companion to a great American classic.
