Moby Dick; Or, The Whale: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Melville, Herman (1819–1891).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is an epic novel published in 1851. Sailor Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, who commands the whaling ship Pequod in pursuit of Moby Dick, a giant white sperm whale that destroyed his leg. Ahab's monomaniacal hunt for vengeance drives the ship and its diverse crew across the world's oceans, blending realistic whaling details with profound explorations of good, evil, fate, and human nature in this cornerstone of American literature.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
- Author credits: Melville, Herman (1819–1891)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Sea stories
- Ship captains -- Fiction
- Whales -- Fiction
- Whaling -- Fiction
- Whaling ships -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Best Books Ever Listings
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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