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Moby Dick

4.2
10 ratings

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ISBN

9781519202932

Moby Dick est un american sea stories, mentally ill book de Herman Melville.

À propos de ce livre

"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.

À propos de l'auteur

Herman Melville est l'auteur de Moby Dick. Parcourez son catalogue complet sur Booklogr.

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Ce Qu'en Disent les Lecteurs

“A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.”

epiloguefan

“Took me three attempts to finish it. On the third try, everything clicked and I understood the hype.”

plottwist
4.5

“The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.”

covertocover

Critiques (10)

E
Mar 4, 2026

A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.

P
Feb 26, 2026

Took me three attempts to finish it. On the third try, everything clicked and I understood the hype.

C
Feb 19, 2026

The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.

M
Feb 13, 2026

Queequeg and Ishmael's friendship is the heart of the novel. Their bond is one of literature's most touching.

S
Feb 5, 2026

I respect it more than I enjoy it. The ambition is staggering but the execution tests your endurance.

P
Jan 28, 2026

This book contains everything - adventure, philosophy, humor, horror, and the deepest meditation on obsession ever written.

C
Jan 20, 2026

Every chapter on whale classification is actually about human classification. Melville was playing 4D chess.

R
Jan 12, 2026

Ahab's obsession is compelling but the cetology chapters nearly sank the book for me. Pun intended.

L
Jan 2, 2026

The whaling chapters are surprisingly fascinating. The philosophical digressions are where the real treasure lies.

B
Dec 25, 2025

Call me Ishmael. Three words and you're hooked. Melville wrote the great American novel and nobody noticed for decades.

Questions Fréquentes

Quel est le genre de Moby Dick ?+

Moby Dick est un livre de American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Whales.

De quoi parle 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...

Qui a écrit Moby Dick ?+

Moby Dick a été écrit par Herman Melville.

Quelle est la note de Moby Dick ?+

Moby Dick a une note moyenne de 4.2/5 basée sur 10 évaluations sur Booklogr.