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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
Jun 1, 2024 · Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.
Jul 1, 2001 · Moby Dick; Or, The Whale Note Project Gutenberg eBook #15 is believed to have the highest quality of the three editions of this eBook in the Project Gutenberg collection.
A short summary of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Moby-Dick.
A literary classic that wasn't recognized for its merits until decades after its publication, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick tells the tale of a whaling ship and its crew, who...
Aug 18, 2021 · “Shipmates, this book, containing only four chapters—four yarns—is one of the smallest strands in the mighty cable of the Scriptures. Yet what depths of the soul does Jonah’s deep sealine sound! what a pregnant lesson to us is this prophet!
Oct 19, 2022 · By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby Dick - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall...
Dec 31, 2002 · Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics) Paperback – December 31, 2002. Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and notes by Tom Quirk.
The Best 19th-Century American Novels. Nathan Wolff, Literary Scholar. “It showcases the susceptibility of this republic and others, to being overcome by populist demagogues, the danger of democracy being usurped by tyranny. In Moby Dick, the crew are proxies for a cross-section of society.
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