Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
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About This Book
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part,Moby-Dickis the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour,Moby-Dickis also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.This edition ofMoby-Dick, which reproduces the definitive text of the novel, includes invaluable explanatory notes, along with maps, illustrations, and a glossary of nautical terms.
144
Chapters
~1728 min
Est. Listening Time
English
Language
3.9 ★
Goodreads Rating
Chapters (144)
- MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE.
- ETYMOLOGY.
- (Supplied by a Late Consumptive Usher to a Grammar School.)
- EXTRACTS. (Supplied by a Sub-Sub-Librarian).
- EXTRACTS.
- CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
- CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
- CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
- CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
- CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
- CHAPTER 6. The Street.
- CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
- CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
- CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
- CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
- CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
- CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
- CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
- CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
- CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
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"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale" was written by Herman Melville. It is classified as Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature.
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