Rory Gilmore Reading List

Rory Gilmore reading list based on books that Rory is seen holding or reading throughout the series. Books that we do not own and may be requested via interlibrary loan: Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion by Henry Miller; Northranger Abbey by Jane Austen; Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman; The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton; In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust; Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke; Europe Through the Back Door by Rick Stevens; Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir; The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia by Sylvia Plath; Summer of Fear by T Jefferson Parker; Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare; Chikara by Robert Skimin; Personal History: A Memoir by Katharine Graham.
 

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1. Moby Dick, or, The whale

Book cover for "Moby Dick, or, The whale"
Star rating for Moby Dick, or, The whale
Author:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Average Rating:
2.9 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:

The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism,

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