Description
Language: en
Published in: 1851
Subject(s):
Novels
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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...
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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 yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge.
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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!
on Jan 14, 2009 at 22:09
Not downloadable, but helpful if you need a boost with the vocab: full text of the book, with notes, at powermobydick.com