Moby Dick
Book Description
"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and... More
Book Information
Publisher | Naxos |
Binding | Audible Audio Edition (350 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | B000OYDIVU |
Publication Date | 11/07/2005 |
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About William Hootkins (Narrator) : William Hootkins is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of William Hootkins include Classic American Poetry: 65 Poems by Longfellow, Poe, Emerson, Whit... more
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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
tags: , philosophy, religion, literature
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