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An edition of Moby Dick (1851)

Moby-Dick, or, The whale

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, in which Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.

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Signet Classic
Language
English
Pages
555

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2013, GITenberg
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2008, Época
in Spanish
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2007, Wonderland Books
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2007-03-06, LibriVox
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2001-01-01, Project Gutenberg
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2001-07-01, Project Gutenberg
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Moby-Dick, or, The whale
1998, Signet Classic
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Moby Dick: die Jagd nach dem weissen Wal
1994, Ensslin und Laiblin
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Moby Dick
1991-05-01, Project Gutenberg
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1981, Presses pocket
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Moby Dick
1966-11, Washington Square Press
in English
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Moby Dick: or The Whale
1965, Folkways Records & Service
in English
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Moby Dick
1892, United States Book Company
in English
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Moby Dick
Publish date unknown, Dean & Son
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-555).
"Revised and updated bibliography."

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.
Other Titles
The whale

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.3
Library of Congress
PS2384 .M6 1998b

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxv, 555 p. ;
Number of pages
555

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL347357M
Internet Archive
mobydickorwhal00melv
ISBN 10
0451526996
ISBN 13
9780451526991
LCCN
98006469
OCLC/WorldCat
38602390
LibraryThing
15540
Goodreads
927911

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL102749W
Wikidata
Q174596
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MusicBrainz
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Work Description

"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a creature, but the symbol of "some unknown but still reasoning thing." Uncowed by natural disasters, ill omens, even death, Ahab urges his ship towards "the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale."

Excerpts

Call me Ishmael.
Page 1, added anonymously.
All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.
added by huginn4126.

Chapter XLI: Moby Dick

Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.
added by huginn4126.

Chapter LVIII: Brit

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