Moby Dick
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9781519202932
Moby Dick es un american sea stories, mentally ill book de Herman Melville.
Sobre este libro
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a creature, but the symbol of "some unknown but still reasoning thing." Uncowed by natural disasters, ill omens, even death, Ahab urges his ship towards "the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale." Key letters from Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne are printed at the end of this volume. - Back cover.
Sobre el Autor
Herman Melville es el autor de Moby Dick. Explora su catálogo completo en Booklogr.
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Lo Que Dicen los Lectores
“A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.”
“Took me three attempts to finish it. On the third try, everything clicked and I understood the hype.”
“The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.”
Reseñas (10)
A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.
The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.
Queequeg and Ishmael's friendship is the heart of the novel. Their bond is one of literature's most touching.
I respect it more than I enjoy it. The ambition is staggering but the execution tests your endurance.
This book contains everything - adventure, philosophy, humor, horror, and the deepest meditation on obsession ever written.
Every chapter on whale classification is actually about human classification. Melville was playing 4D chess.
Ahab's obsession is compelling but the cetology chapters nearly sank the book for me. Pun intended.
Call me Ishmael. Three words and you're hooked. Melville wrote the great American novel and nobody noticed for decades.
Preguntas Frecuentes
¿De qué género es Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick es un libro de American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Whales.
¿De qué trata Moby Dick?+
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercia...
¿Quién escribió Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick fue escrito por Herman Melville.
¿Cuál es la valoración de Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick tiene una valoración media de 4.2/5 basada en 10 valoraciones en Booklogr.