Moby-DickOn board the whaling ship Pequod, a crew of wise men and fools, renegades, and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by a crazed captain hell-bent on hunting down Moby Dick, the mythic White Whale who left him crippled. As the ""great flood-gates of the wonder-world"" swing open, 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. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary, compressed intensity sustained by a buoyant, mischievous irony and by moments of exquisite beauty, Melville's masterpiece is both a great American epic and one of the most profoundly imaginative creations in literary history. The world's greatest works of literature are now available in these beautiful keepsake volumes. Bound in real cloth, and featuring gilt edges and ribbon markers, these beautifully produced books are a wonderful way to build a handsome library of classic literature. These are the essential novels that belong in every home. They'll transport readers to imaginary worlds and provide excitement, entertainment, and enlightenment for years to come. All of these novels feature attractive illustrations and have an unequalled period feel that will grace the library, the bedside table or bureau. |
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This is my husband’s favorite book, and he loves to have me read it aloud to him.
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All 5 reviews »moby dick this classic realy is nice and the whale just needid freedom i in 8 year old made a moby dick 2 toby dick the shark a sequil hermon made a good and long book about a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge whale
Contents
Etymology | 13 |
Extracts | 15 |
Loomings | 31 |
The CarpetBag | 38 |
The SpouterInn | 43 |
The Counterpane | 62 |
Breakfast | 67 |
The Street | 70 |
The Advocate | 165 |
Postscript | 171 |
Knights and Squires | 172 |
Knights and Squires | 176 |
Ahab | 182 |
Enter Ahab To Him Stubb | 187 |
The Pipe | 191 |
Queen Mab | 192 |
The Chapel | 73 |
The Pulpit | 77 |
The Sermon | 80 |
IO A Bosom Friend | 92 |
Nightgown | 97 |
Biographical | 99 |
Wheelbarrow | 103 |
Nantucket | 109 |
Chowder III | 111 |
The Ship | 116 |
The Ramadan | 134 |
His Mark | 142 |
The Prophet | 147 |
All Astir | 151 |
Going Aboard | 154 |
Merry Christmas | 158 |
The Lee Shore | 164 |
Cetology | 195 |
The Specksynder | 212 |
The CabinTable | 216 |
The MastHead | 223 |
The QuarterDeck | 232 |
Sunset | 242 |
Dusk | 244 |
First NightWatch | 245 |
Midnight Forecastle | 246 |
The Whiteness of the Whale | 267 |
Hark | 279 |
The Chart | 280 |
The Affidavit | 287 |
Surmises | 299 |
The MatMaker | 302 |
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