Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick

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Language: en

Published in: 1851

Subject(s): Novels - Adventure

Source: Wikisource

Copyright: Public Domain

Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick, and fewer ye... (more)

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Hadrien
Hadrien
on Dec 26, 2009 at 13:55

Updated the text with better footnotes.


tdavey
tdavey
on Mar 05, 2009 at 03:52

Wow, somebody did a very nice job with the TOC and prefatory material for this edition of Moby Dick. On the Kindle 2 this is a very navigable and usable book indeed. Many thanks!



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