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Moby-Dick Annotated

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick Annotated written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our intrepid narrator, a former schoolteacher famously "called" Ishmael--is that actually his name?-- signs up as sailor on a whaling voyage to cure a bout of depression/being a misanthropic dirtbag. On his way to find a ship in Nantucket, he meets Queequeg, a heavily tattooed South Sea Island harpooneer just returned from his latest whaling trip. Ishmael and Queequeg become best buds and roommates almost immediately. Together, they sign up for a voyage on the Pequod, which is just about to start on a three-year expedition to hunt sperm whales.On board the Pequod, Ishmael meets the mates--honest Starbuck, jolly Stubb, and fierce Flask--and the other harpooneers, Tashtego and Daggoo. The ship's commander, Captain Ahab, remains secluded in his cabin and never shows himself to the crew. Uh, that's ominous. Oh well. The mates organize the beginning of the voyage as though there were no captain.Just when Ishmael's curiosity about Ahab has reached a fever pitch, Ahab starts appearing on deck--and we find out that he's missing one leg. When Starbuck asks if it was Moby Dick, the famous White Whale, that took off his leg, Ahab admits that it was and forces the entire crew to swear that they will help him hunt Moby Dick to the ends of the earth and take revenge for his injury. They all swear.After this strange incident, things settle into a routine on board the good ship Pequod. While they're always on the lookout for Moby Dick, the crew has a job to do: hunting sperm whales, butchering them, and harvesting the sperm oil that they store in huge barrels in the hold.Ishmael takes advantage of this lull in plot advancement to give the reader lots (lots) of contemporary background information about whale biology, the whaling industry, and sea voyages. The Pequod encounters other ships, which tell them the latest news about the White Whale. Oh yeah, and everyone discovers that Ahab has secretly smuggled an extra boat crew on board (led by a mysterious, demonic harpooneer named Fedallah) to help Ahab do battle with Moby Dick once they do find him.Over the course of more than a year, the ship travels across the Atlantic, around the southern tip of Africa, through the Indian Ocean, among the islands of southeast Asia, into the Sea of Japan, and finally to the equator in the Pacific Ocean: Moby Dick's home turf.Despite first mate Starbuck's misgivings and a variety of bad omens (all the navigational instruments break, a typhoon tries to push the ship backwards, and the Pequod encounters other ships that have lost crewmembers to Moby Dick's wrath), Ahab insists on continuing to pursue his single-minded revenge quest. In a parody of the Christian ceremony of baptism, he goes so far as to dip his specially forged harpoon in human blood--just so that he'll have the perfect weapon with which to kill Moby Dick.Finally, just when we think the novel's going to end without ever seeing this famous White Whale, Ahab sights him and the chase is on. For three days, Ahab pursues Moby Dick, sending whaling boat after whaling boat after him--only to see each one wrecked by the indomitable whale. Finally, at the end of the third day, the White Whale attacks the ship itself, and the Pequod goes down with all hands.

Moby Dick (Annotated)

Author : L. Q. Puffbuster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781717979780
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Moby Dick (Annotated) written by L. Q. Puffbuster and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-23 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most modern readers don't know that Melville's work addresses the timeless themes of God, sea monsters, and ambergris. That's because his books are about whalers doing things a really long time ago that nobody could relate to -- until now.L. Q. Puffbuster has adaptated this classic to help modern readers relate to the original source material. Specifically, modern readers named Todd. The main character has been renamed "Todd" so the trials of this mid-19th century whaler will have special poignancy for readers also named Todd (or reader that know somebody named Todd).Critics agree: this book is better now.Second edition includes a forward by the Baron Rupert von Dougalsnatch

Moby-Dick (annotated Edition)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick (annotated Edition) written by Herman Melville and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd. Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury

Moby Dick; Or, the Whale

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Moby Dick; Or, the Whale written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-21 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moby Dick or The Whale is the story by Herman Melville 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 encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend. Moby Dick or The Whale is a haunting mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby Dick or The Whale is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception. 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. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation grew immensely during the twentieth century. D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world," and "the greatest book of the sea ever written." Moby Dick is considered a Great American Novel and an outstanding work of the Romantic period in America and the American Renaissance. "Call me Ishmael" is one of world literature's most famous opening sentences. Moby Dick written by Herman Melville is a great book highly recommended to read . "dick" "moby dick" "mobydick" "white whale" "moby dick book "who wrote moby dick" "mobby dick" "moby dick book" "moby dick captain" "moby dick author" "moby dicks" "moby dick whale" "moby dyck" "movi dick" "what kind of whale was moby dick" "moby duck" "author of moby dick" "dick moby" "herman melville moby dick" And was originally published in 1851.

Moby Dick Annotated

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Moby Dick Annotated written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★Moby Dick or The Whale, The True Story★★★ Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance, 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. Although the novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation grew immensely during the twentieth century. On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate.★★★ How This Book is Different ◆ The True Story, Almost in Original illustrated version ◆Matching Matte Finished cover ◆Well Formatted Version

Moby-Dick

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick written by Herman Melville and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1967 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this adaptation of Melville's masterpiece, McCaughrean recounts the tale of the obsessed Captain Ahab, as he pursues the great white whale--a creature as vast and dangerous as the sea itself. 55 illustrations, 25 in color.

Moby-Dick an Annotated

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick an Annotated written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our intrepid narrator, a former schoolteacher famously "called" Ishmael--is that actually his name?-- signs up as sailor on a whaling voyage to cure a bout of depression/being a misanthropic dirtbag. On his way to find a ship in Nantucket, he meets Queequeg, a heavily tattooed South Sea Island harpooneer just returned from his latest whaling trip. Ishmael and Queequeg become best buds and roommates almost immediately. Together, they sign up for a voyage on the Pequod, which is just about to start on a three-year expedition to hunt sperm whales.On board the Pequod, Ishmael meets the mates--honest Starbuck, jolly Stubb, and fierce Flask--and the other harpooneers, Tashtego and Daggoo. The ship's commander, Captain Ahab, remains secluded in his cabin and never shows himself to the crew. Uh, that's ominous. Oh well. The mates organize the beginning of the voyage as though there were no captain.Just when Ishmael's curiosity about Ahab has reached a fever pitch, Ahab starts appearing on deck--and we find out that he's missing one leg. When Starbuck asks if it was Moby Dick, the famous White Whale, that took off his leg, Ahab admits that it was and forces the entire crew to swear that they will help him hunt Moby Dick to the ends of the earth and take revenge for his injury. They all swear.After this strange incident, things settle into a routine on board the good ship Pequod. While they're always on the lookout for Moby Dick, the crew has a job to do: hunting sperm whales, butchering them, and harvesting the sperm oil that they store in huge barrels in the hold.Ishmael takes advantage of this lull in plot advancement to give the reader lots (lots) of contemporary background information about whale biology, the whaling industry, and sea voyages. The Pequod encounters other ships, which tell them the latest news about the White Whale. Oh yeah, and everyone discovers that Ahab has secretly smuggled an extra boat crew on board (led by a mysterious, demonic harpooneer named Fedallah) to help Ahab do battle with Moby Dick once they do find him.

Moby Dick (Annotated) (All-Time Classics)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Moby Dick (Annotated) (All-Time Classics) written by Herman Melville and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Annotated) The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick!

Moby Dick in 101 Pages

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Moby Dick in 101 Pages written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Herman Melville finished Moby Dick, he wrote a letter to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne and said: "I have written a wicked book and feel spotless as the lamb." Unfortunately, although many have purchased, very few people have actually finished this "wicked" book. One early critic said: "Melville's book can sink a ship with greater force than any whale that I know of." Moby Dick, as originally written, is just plain heavy, difficult to read from cover to cover. It's so thick, often digressive, too esoteric, with pages and pages of technical details about the whaling industry, the anatomy of a whale and pursuits that are just not captivating enough to a low attention, modern audience. Many High-school students and college literature majors are assigned Moby Dick, only to get through the first couple of chapters and substitute the cliff notes instead. Melville received a rather indifferent, empty reception to the release of Moby Dick. Melville died a poor man, not able to anticipate the impact that this book would have into the 20th and 21st centuries. More people need to read Moby Dick. In it we learn of the mysteries of Melville and more of human nature and our relationship to God, ourselves and others. Melville has been called a "rational man who wants God to exist, to be our rescuer, to act as a confidant in our moments of crisis and to give us reassurance that, over the horizon of our deaths, we will survive." By reading his book, we can learn to stretch our arms to include others; different than ourselves. The close relationship between Ishmael (the narrator) and Queequeg (a cannibal) proves this with Melville's infamous line "how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them". Though over 50 million copies of Moby Dick have now been sold, how many of those have been read? Do they sit next to the bible, lonely on the bookshelf? An early literary sailor in the 1850's said of the book: "About the whaling voyage, I am half way in the work, a strange sort of book, blubber is blubber you know." Many of us needed a new, modern reading of Moby Dick. One that will be as interesting and captivating to the High School student addicted to their phone and Tik Tok, as it will be to the retired baby boomer looking to connect with the curious, yet cynical Ishamel or the obsessive Captain Ahab. By trimming the blubber we hope to invite a more readable journey of self discovery and introspection; the 101 pages have been carefully and concisely refined, annotated and improved for a fine adventure and enjoyable read.

Moby-Dick Annotated And Illustrated Book

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick Annotated And Illustrated Book written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville is an epic tale of the voyage of the whaling ship the Pequod and its captain, Ahab, who relentlessly pursues the great Sperm Whale (the title character) during a journey around the world. The narrator of the novel is Ishmael, a sailor on the Pequod who undertakes the journey out of his affection for the sea. Moby Dick begins with Ishmael's arrival in New Bedford as he travels toward Nantucket. He rests at the Spouter Inn in New Bedford, where he meets Queequeg, a harpooner from New Zealand who will also sail on the Pequod. Although Queequeg appears dangerous, he and Ishmael must share a bed together and the narrator quickly grows fond of the somewhat uncivilized harpooner. Queequeg is actually the son of a High Chief who left New Zealand because of his desire to learn among Christians. The next day, Ishmael attends a church service and listens to a sermon by Father Mapple, a renowned preacher who delivers a sermon considering Jonah and the whale that concludes that the tale is a lesson to preacher Truth in the face of Falsehood.On a schooner to Nantucket, Ishmael and Queequeg come across a local bumpkin who mocks Queequeg. However, when this bumpkin is swept overboard, Queequeg saves him. In Nantucket, Queequeg and Ishmael choose between three ships for a year journey, and decide upon the Pequod. The Captain of the Pequod, Peleg, is now retired, and merely owns the boat with another Quaker, Bildad. Peleg tells them of the new captain, Ahab, and immediately describes him as a grand and ungodly man. Before leaving for their voyage, Ishmael and Queequeg come across a stranger named Elijah who predicts disaster on their journey. Before leaving on the Pequod, Elijah again predicts disaster. Ishmael and Queequeg board the Pequod, where Captain Ahab is still unseen, secluded in his own cabin. Peleg and Bildad consult with Starbuck, the first mate. He is a Quaker and a Nantucket native who is quite practical. The second mate is Stubb, a Cape Cod native with a more jovial and carefree attitude. The third is Flask, a Martha's Vineyard native with a pugnacious attitude. Melville introduces the rest of the crew, including the Indian harpooner Tashtego, the African harpooner Daggoo.

The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326015702
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra written by Anonymous and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra /lit/ Approved Epic Fantasy As featured in: Harold BloomÕs Shiterary Canon - The Best and Worst of Postmodernist Literature Donetsk Times Best Selling Author The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra Translation by Chuck Berry >anonymous An insight into the spook-conscious Enter the toxic post-ironic internet culture of /lit/

Moby-Dick Be Annotated

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick Be Annotated written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our intrepid narrator, a former schoolteacher famously "called" Ishmael--is that actually his name?-- signs up as sailor on a whaling voyage to cure a bout of depression/being a misanthropic dirtbag. On his way to find a ship in Nantucket, he meets Queequeg, a heavily tattooed South Sea Island harpooneer just returned from his latest whaling trip. Ishmael and Queequeg become best buds and roommates almost immediately. Together, they sign up for a voyage on the Pequod, which is just about to start on a three-year expedition to hunt sperm whales.On board the Pequod, Ishmael meets the mates--honest Starbuck, jolly Stubb, and fierce Flask--and the other harpooneers, Tashtego and Daggoo. The ship's commander, Captain Ahab, remains secluded in his cabin and never shows himself to the crew. Uh, that's ominous. Oh well. The mates organize the beginning of the voyage as though there were no captain.Just when Ishmael's curiosity about Ahab has reached a fever pitch, Ahab starts appearing on deck--and we find out that he's missing one leg. When Starbuck asks if it was Moby Dick, the famous White Whale, that took off his leg, Ahab admits that it was and forces the entire crew to swear that they will help him hunt Moby Dick to the ends of the earth and take revenge for his injury. They all swear.After this strange incident, things settle into a routine on board the good ship Pequod. While they're always on the lookout for Moby Dick, the crew has a job to do: hunting sperm whales, butchering them, and harvesting the sperm oil that they store in huge barrels in the hold.Ishmael takes advantage of this lull in plot advancement to give the reader lots (lots) of contemporary background information about whale biology, the whaling industry, and sea voyages. The Pequod encounters other ships, which tell them the latest news about the White Whale. Oh yeah, and everyone discovers that Ahab has secretly smuggled an extra boat crew on board (led by a mysterious, demonic harpooneer named Fedallah) to help Ahab do battle with Moby Dick once they do find him.

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (Action & Adventure Novel) Annotated Edition

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (Action & Adventure Novel) Annotated Edition written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville's magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.Moby Dick famously begins with the narratorial invocation "Call me Ishmael." The narrator, like his biblical counterpart, is an outcast. Ishmael, who turns to the sea for meaning, relays to the audience the final voyage of the Pequod, a whaling vessel. Amid a story of tribulation, beauty, and madness, the reader is introduced to a number of characters, many of whom have names with religious resonance. The ship's captain is Ahab, who Ishmael and his friend Queequeg soon learn is losing his mind. Starbuck, Ahab's first-mate, recognizes this problem too, and is the only one throughout the novel to voice his disapproval of Ahab's increasingly obsessive behavior. This nature of Ahab's obsession is first revealed to Ishmael and Queequeg after the Pequod's owners, Peleg and Bildad, explain to them that Ahab is still recovering from an encounter with a large whale that resulted in the loss of his leg. That whale's name is Moby Dick. The Pequod sets sail, and the crew is soon informed that this journey will be unlike their other whaling missions: this time, despite the reluctance of Starbuck, Ahab intends to hunt and kill the beastly Moby Dick no matter the cost.

Moby-Dick By Herman Melville Annotated Novel

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick By Herman Melville Annotated Novel written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". Its opening sentence, "Call me Ishmael", is among world literature's most famous.Melville began writing Moby-Dick in February 1850, and finished 18 months later, a year longer than he had anticipated. Melville drew on his experience as a common sailor from 1841 to 1844, including several years on whalers, and on wide reading in whaling literature. The white whale is modeled on the notoriously hard-to-catch albino whale Mocha Dick, and the book's ending is based on the sinking of the whaleship Essex in 1820. His literary influences include Shakespeare and the Bible.

Moby-Dick Or, The Whale (Annotated)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick Or, The Whale (Annotated) written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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-Dick is 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-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.Font used in this annotated edition is Baskerville - 11.

Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

Author : Michael J. Davey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317797299
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Herman Melville's Moby-Dick written by Michael J. Davey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or The Whale. First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together: *an introduction to the contexts in which Melville was writing and relevant contextual documents, including letters *chronology of key facts and dates *critical history and extracts from early reviews and modern criticism *fully annotated key passages from the novel *a list of biblical allusions *an annotated guide to further reading. Extensive cross-references link contextual information, critical materials and passages from the novel providing a wide-ranging view of the work and ensuring a successful and enjoyable encounter with the world of Moby-Dick.

Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale Annotated and Illustrated Edition

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale Annotated and Illustrated Edition written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel Moby Dick was the sixth novel published by Herman Melville, a landmark of American literature that mixed a number of literary styles including a fictional adventure story, historical detail and even scientific discussion. The story of the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, the novel draws at least partially from the experiences of its author while a sailor and a harpooner on whaling ships before settling in New England as a writer.