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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
- United States
- October 18, 1851 (United Kingdom), November 14, 1851 (US)
- English
- Herman Melville
19 de abr. de 2024 · 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 is a 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...
- The action of Moby Dick takes place largely on Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, the Pequod, while sailing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
- When Moby Dick was first published, the public was unimpressed. It sold fewer than 4,000 copies in total, including fewer than 600 in the United Ki...
- The whale Moby Dick has been interpreted as a metaphor for a great many things, from the Judeo-Christian God to atheism and everything in between....
- Moby Dick gained recognition as an important American novel in the 1920s, more than half a century after its publication. Its fame subsequently gre...
1 de jul. de 2001 · About this eBook. Author. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. 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. #2701 and #2489 are the others.
- Herman Melville
- 1851
Moby Dick es una novela del escritor norteamericano Herman Melville, publicada en el año 1851, y convertida hoy en un clásico de la literatura occidental. Cuenta la historia del barco ballenero Pequod, a cargo del capitán Ahab, decidido a cobrar venganza contra una legendaria ballena blanca conocida como Moby Dick.
Ilustración de la persecución final de Moby Dick. Moby Dick [n 1] es una novela del escritor Herman Melville publicada en 1851. Narra la travesía del barco ballenero Pequod, comandado por el capitán Ahab, junto a Ismael y el arponero Queequeg en la obsesiva y autodestructiva persecución de un gran cachalote blanco.
21 de ago. de 2021 · Language. English. 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.
4.5 11,304 calificaciones. Ver todos los formatos y ediciones. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.”.
