It's one of the most famous titles in the canon of American literature. But we'd wager that most people never get further than the book flap when it comes to actually reading Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." The tome is some 600 pages long and you've got to wade through roughly 300 of them before the dang whale shows up. Moreover, there's not a female character in the entire saga. And finally, Melville's writing style …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:20PM on April 24, 2014