At the risk of giving something away, it's definitely worth reading Moby Dick. I've tried to read some "old" "classics" in the past few years, and truth be told a lot of them can fall flat, feeling not only from but also stuck in a different era. Moby Dick is something I think folks should read. You won't necessarily love it, but it's so clearly an accomplishment that I think it's worth it. Even the much-maligned whale- and whaling-specific chapters say so much about the craft (is it even a novel?) of writing. It's the book that (thus far anyway) has most made me want to write a book.
At the risk of giving something away, it's definitely worth reading Moby Dick. I've tried to read some "old" "classics" in the past few years, and truth be told a lot of them can fall flat, feeling not only from but also stuck in a different era. Moby Dick is something I think folks should read. You won't necessarily love it, but it's so clearly an accomplishment that I think it's worth it. Even the much-maligned whale- and whaling-specific chapters say so much about the craft (is it even a novel?) of writing. It's the book that (thus far anyway) has most made me want to write a book.