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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.

  2. Jun 1, 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.

  3. Moby Dick: Directed by John Huston. With Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice. 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.

  4. A short summary of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Moby-Dick.

  5. Mar 22, 2021 · Moby-Dick is based on a real-life whale called Mocha Dick. Named after the Chilean island of Mocha, near where sailors first encountered him, he was a 70-foot albino sperm whale known for...

  6. Aug 21, 2021 · 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.

  7. Jan 4, 2016 · Moby-Dick is a tragic, comic, eccentric and electrifying attempt to come to terms with the riddle of existence; to heal the Cartesian splitting of mind from body; to engage with the...

  8. Jun 19, 2021 · Now, a mere 130 years after Melville's death, Moby Dick is rightly regarded as a towering masterpiece of Western literature. Here are a few reasons why Moby Dick is the greatest novel ever writetn. Related: The Best Sites to Buy Used Books Online, Ranked. Moby Dick's Scale Is Deceptively Epic

  9. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › educational-magazinesMoby-Dick | Encyclopedia.com

    Moby-Dick; or, The Whale chronicles the strange journey of an ordinary seaman named Ishmael who signs on for a whaling voyage in 1840s Massachusetts. A thoughtful but gloomy young man, Ishmael begins his odyssey in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a prosperous whaling town and crossing point to the island of Nantucket.

  10. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-mapsMoby Dick | Encyclopedia.com

    Moby Dick has since been held up as one of the finest contributions to the new American literature for which Melville argued. Critics have argued that Moby Dick presents a uniquely American style because of the novel’s innovations that are unconnected to European literary traditions.

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