Moby Dick
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Book Description
It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, "Moby-Dick" is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable a... More
Book Information
Publisher | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Binding | Paperback (350 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 544 |
ISBN-10 | 0140620621 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0140620627 |
Publication Date | 04/28/1994 |
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10/3/2015 Joshua Mark said:
tags: , philosophy, religion, literature
One of my favorite works of all time and, at times, my all-time favorite. Moby Dick, to me, is the Great American Novel. It is America uniquely but universal in its theme and resonance. The story of one man's obsession with what he cannot catch and hold is something anyone from any culture can relat... more
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