Moby Dick / by Herman Melville : illustrated by Classic Editions

By:

Melville, Herman [author ]

Contributor(s):

Lynch, Brendan [illustrator ]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Waldman Publishing Corp ;Description: 238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

070097059007

Subject(s):

whaling -- fiction

DDC classification:

813.3

LOC classification:

PS2384.M6

Contents:

Summary: 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, and one of the greatest American novels of all time. .

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Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Tom Poung Campus TTP Secondary Fiction Bookshelves	Fiction	MEL 813.3 PS2384.M6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2024-1956

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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, and one of the greatest American novels of all time.

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