Moby-Dick: or, the whale
Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author’s...
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Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author’s lifelong meditation on America.
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Edition language: English
Read by Tiffany: Only half of the novel's 600-odd pages cover the story of Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg and the crew of the Pequod. The other half are filled with Melville's notes and musings on the physiology (inside and out) of whales, the behaviour of whales, legends and historical evolution of whales...