Ebook {Epub PDF} Moby Dick by Herman Melville






















The try-works are planted between the foremast and mainmast, the most roomy part of the deck. The timbers beneath are of a peculiar strength, fitted to sustain the weight of an almost solid mass of brick and mortar, some ten feet by eight square, and five in height. The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Moby-Dick; or The Whale, by Herman Melville. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an novel by American writer Herman www.doorway.ru 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.


Herman Melville wrote a number of amazing books about the sea and life aboard sailing ships of the time, of which Moby Dick is the best in our view, the first whaling epic, and an all time Classic, number 17 in the best American novels. Year Published: Language: English Country of Origin: United States of America Source: Melville H. ().Moby www.doorway.ru, England: Richard Bently. In Herman Melville's classic tale of revenge, Ishmael tells his story of becoming a whaler on the Pequod. When Ishmael and his unexpected friend Queequeg join Captain Ahab's hunt for Moby Dick, the voyage of a lifetime turns into tragedy. The adventures of sailing the seas on the hunt for the great white whale is retold in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick.


In the tragic novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Captain Ahab’s maniacal obsession of revenge, his negligence for his safety and others, and his seemingly cool rationality among the many symbols and omens of his fate comprise two central themes of Moby Dick; Sanity can solely exist when someone moderates or relinquishes strife and anger, and mankind’s battle with a painful or arbitrary. Ishmael, the narrator of Moby Dick, seeks “freedom” from his life in New York City, and decides to head north to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to find a job on a whaling ship. In New Bedford, at the Spouter Inn, Ishmael meets Queequeg, a “native” man from Kokovoko, in the Pacific isles, who is trained as a harpooner on whale-ships—a man who actually hunts and catches whales. Author. Melville, Herman, Title. Moby Dick; Or, The Whale. Note. Project Gutenberg eBook #15 is believed to have the highest quality of the three editions of this eBook in the Project Gutenberg collection. # and # are the others. In addition, there is a computer-generated audio eBook, #, and a human audio performance.

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