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Every summer I attempt a few more chapters; it's just very heavy going. This amazing tome contains everything you didn't think you needed to know about the whaling industry, the whale anatomy, cetology ("the science of whales") and, of course, the extracting of whale spermaceti (not spermatozoa, though the hand squeezing might leave some wondering...)! What's not to love? Una obra cabdal de la literatura del segle XIX d'aventures. Moby Dick narra les peripècies del balener Pequod al capdavant del qual s'hi troba el vell capità Ahab. En la seva obsessiva persecució del catxalot blanc (Moby Dick) portarà a la seva tripulació fins a límits vitals, en una travessa intensa que contextualitza formidablement la dura vida dels baleners en aquesta època. Like Ahab himself, this novel is not as fearsome as I had imagined. Its downside is easy to spot - dense language strange to the modern ear and a laggard's pace. It tested my patience somewhere abouts page 500, so it did. On the other hand, never have I wanted to highlight so many passages in a novel; the highlights section on my ebook edition is impressively long. It's a mental feast. And then Ishmael is a jovial, intelligent and likable companion carrying us through. Sure you wish he would shut up already about the minute details of harpoon line and whatnot sometimes and get on with his story, but you have to give him his allowances. As for the central character of Ahab, what a rich and incredibly useful symbol he is. Most remarkable to me, at the moment, is that he is not the tyrannical autocrat ruling his domain by fear as I had previously believed. He rather bent men to his desire through charisma and force of will channeled through a position of authority, so that the majority of those under him believed in his mission themselves, as unwise as it might logically appear. He is obsessed, and dangerous, but sympathetic! Those few who resisted and remained unmoved, and felt moral objections to the enterprise, such as the first mate Starbuck, were ineffectual and limp in opposition. How very American. Ahab is not Saddam Hussein, he is George W. Bush! Or insert your favorite murderous tyrant/wrongheaded American President contrast here... Belongs to Publisher SeriesAmstelboeken (60-61) Arion Press (6) — 58 more Corticelli [Mursia] (40) Dean's Classics (7) Doubleday Dolphin (C70) Everyman's Library (179) Great Books of the Western World (Volume 48, 1952 ed.) I.Waldman & Son, Inc. (Moby Books 4520) Illustrated Classic Editions (4520) insel taschenbuch (233) Moby Books (4520) Modern Library Giant (G64) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2013) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-04) Perpetua reeks (6) Playmore, Inc. Publishers (Moby Books 4520) Prisma Klassieken (30) Reader's Enrichment Series (RE 311) The World's Classics (253) World's Greatest Literature (Volume 17) Вершини світового Письменства (Том 48) Is contained inGreat Books Of The Western World - 54 Volume Set, Incl. 10 Vols of Great Ideas Program & 10 Volumes Gateway To Great Books by Robert Maynard Hutchins (indirect) ContainsIs retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the adaptationThe Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Russ Kick Is abridged inIs parodied inIs replied to inInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a supplementHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism, and one of the greatest American novels of all time. .No library descriptions found.
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