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"Tells the story of a man's obsession with downing a rogue whale and its consequences."@en
"A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale, who defied capture."@en
"A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel, and a wealth of information on whales and nineteenth-century whaling, Melville's greatest work presents an imaginative and thrilling picture of life at sea, as well as a portrait of heroic determination. The author's keen powers of observation and firsthand knowledge of shipboard life (he served aboard a whaler himself) were key ingredients in crafting a maritime story that dramatically examines the conflict between man and nature. A masterpiece of storytelling and symbolic realism, this thrilling maritime adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and vengeful sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him and came to dominate his life. But more than just the tale of a hair-raising voyage, Melville's riveting story passionately probes the human soul. A literary classic first published in 1851, Moby-Dick remains among the most highly acclaimed novels of the sea and a powerful account of the ultimate human struggle."
"Retells the story of the crazed Captain Ahab in his hunt for the great white whale, Moby Dick."@en
""Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster." "Moby-Dick is a ferocious white whale, who was known to whalers as Mocha Dick. He is pursued in a fury of revenge by Captain Ahab, whose leg he has bitten off; and under Melville's handling the chase takes on a significance beyond mere externals. Moby Dick becomes a symbol of the terrific forces of the natural universe, and Captain Ahab is doomed to disaster, even though Moby Dick is killed at last." Univ Handbook for Readers and Writers. "Moby-Dick' had some initial critical appreciation, especially in Britain, but only since the 1920s has it been recognized as a masterpiece, an epic tragedy of tremendous dramatic power and narrative drive." Oxford Companion to Engl Lit. 5th edition."@en
"A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale."

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"Study guides"
"Verhalend proza"
"Adventure fiction"@en
"Adventure fiction"
"Powieść amerykańska"
"Adaptations"@en
"Spanish language materials"
"Criticism, interpretation, etc"
"Psychological fiction"@en
"Psychological fiction"
"Sea stories"@en
"Sea stories"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Juvenile works"
"Juvenile works"@en
"History"@en
"Belletristische Darstellung"

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"Moby-Dick oder der Wal"
"白鲸 = Moby-Dick"
"Moby-Dick, or, The whale"
"Moby Dick, or : The whale"
"Moby Dick, o La ballena blanca"@es
"Moby Dick; or, The whale"
"Moby Dick or, The whale"
"Moby Dick, or, The whale"@en
"Bai jing = Moby-Dick"
"Bai jing"
"Moby Dick"
"Moby Dick"@en
"Moby Dick"@es
"Mobijs Diks jeb Baltais Valis"
"白鲸"
"Moby Dick : (la balena bianca)"
"Moby Dick : (la balena bianca)"@it
"Mobi Dik, ili, Belyĭ kit"
"Moby Dick, o, The whale"
"Moby-Dick"@en
"Moby-Dick"

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